Article 6MP22 End majority jury verdicts to prevent more justice ‘horror’, says Malkinson

End majority jury verdicts to prevent more justice ‘horror’, says Malkinson

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Emily Dugan
from World news | The Guardian on (#6MP22)

Exclusive: Man who spent 17 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of rape says he will shout from the rooftops' for UK law reform

Andrew Malkinson says he could have been spared 20 years of darkness and despair" if the jury system had not been changed to allow majority verdicts.

Malkinson was exonerated of rape last summer, two decades after a jury wrongly convicted him by a majority of 10 to 2.

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