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