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CCRC leadership demonstrated an inability to learn from mistakes and rebuild public trust.

Conclusion
The CCRC is a hugely important organisation and the senior leadership could have done much more in their evidence to reassure us that they understood the seriousness of the criticisms it has faced and the need for an overhaul of the organisation to rebuild public trust and provide applicants to the CCRC with the justice they deserve. For an organisation that is 49 designed to identify failures within the criminal justice system, the CCRC’s leadership has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes. (Conclusion, Paragraph 100)
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 29 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age 1.3 yr
Report published 23 May 2025