A Parliamentary review of the 2005 Change to the Double Jeopardy Law.

Closed 98 signatures

What the petition asks

We believe the operation of the change in the the DJ law is not working as Parliament intended. We cite the example of Matthew Hamlen, a 37 year old electrician, and a married man with a son, currently in the custody of HMPS in the UK having been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in February 2016.

Matthew has strenuously and consistently denied any involvement both before and during his original trial in 2011/2012 , at which he was unanimously acquitted by the jury, and his later ‘double jeopardy’ trial in January and Feb 2016.

https://matthewhamlenisinnocent.wordpress.com

Timeline

8 Nov 2016	Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 98

Status Closed

Opened 8 Nov 2016

Closed 2 May 2017

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