![UK launches independent inquiry into wrongful conviction case for which man served 17 years in prison](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/04/prison_1681650105.jpg)
Two top lawyers for the UK government, Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk and Attorney General Victoria Prentis, ordered Thursday an independent inquiry into the handling of a case in which a man was wrongfully imprisoned for over 17 years. The announcement comes less than a month after the Court of Appeals quashed the 2004 conviction of [...]