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Petition update, 16 April 2008

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By requiring juries in criminal trials who find a defendant guilty, to record their reasoning behind each verdict, the defence would be able to see whether the jury's decisions were correctly based on the evidence or incorrectly and unreasonably based on opinions, misunderstood directions, etc.

It should then be possible to appeal where it can be shown that the jury failed to make their decision based on the evidence.

The grounds of appeal could be that ‘no reasonable jury acting reasonably would have come to that conclusion'.

This would go a long way to increase the number of falsely accused and wrongly convicted people who can have their wrongful convictions overturned.

Current signatories

Phil Faber, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Simon Hyett
• Helga Speck
• Joan Harrison
• June Robinson
• Vic Demuth
• Veronica Hannan
• Susan Griffiths
• Karl Hetzel
• Roger Griffiths
• S Card
• Jo Jordan
• Peter Jordan
• Jo Pearce
• Kim Taylor
• n. mathiba
• Wendie Douglas
• James J. Craven
• Carole Hampton
• pam goode
• PAULINE STAVES
• Ian R Elliott
• samantha allen
• Dawn Taylor
• Michael D Innis
• Frank Charles Ward
• Aileen Ward
• Cecelia Crosby
• Julia Bartrom
• Sarah Clarke
• Julie Goldsmith
• Mark Wilkins
• Margaret Barker
• we need the same for people found not guilty
• Eileen Donohoe
• Alison Buttle
• David Sherwell
• BEVERLY TODD
• L.edwards
• Geoff Heard
• BARRY KINGSTON
• Mandy Kokani
• Lynda Boyle and Clive Fanshawe
• Robin Griggs
• Bernadette John
• Don Adams
• pauline isbell
• Linda Marilyn
• Bob Douthwaite
• Margaret Gardener
• M Fair
• Harvey Franks
• marco bidetta
• Debi Gill
• Steven James GRAY
• Barbara John
• Helga John
• louise hardaker (Essential for both guilty or not guilty)
• O Smith
• Jo Brennan
• Anthony Lowery
• Freda Douthwaite
• pat hughes
• a melville
• k carpenter
• Geraldine Garnett-Frizelle
• JAMIE O'BRIEN
• Jon Brennan
• Barry Wall
• Nicky Moxon
• Jeffrey Booth
• Janet Page
• kelly freeman
• Viv Charnley
• Danielle Scott
• Sally Winchester
• Steffan Bowen
• Ian Moulding
• G. Mills
• Trevor L Owen
• David Brown
• Aidan Everett
• Bridget Clark
• pauline shearlaw
• Jeremy Allen
• valerie m howarth
• Julie Hardy
• Roderick flint
• Norman J Owen
• B Matthews
• Julie Sutton
• thomas moses
• pamela moses
• L Young
• Gillian A. Walker
• Shaun Walker
• Jan Allen
• Chris Saltrese
• Brian Petersen
• Maria Beecham
• susan
• F.Harrison
• edna beecham
• Donna & Neil Reeves
• Susan Fleming
• Willyn Shattell
• J C Rose
• Mary Ashford
• Anne MacMahon
• R.Finch
• Jane Bunn
• chris heatley
• Vanessa Allen
• Graham Frampton
• Stephen R. Upson
• evelyn haley
• Elin Argyle
• Ann Schofield
• Deborah Crosby
• renata ostertag
• Cheryl Portlock
• Dr Andrew Crosby
• Tejal Patel
• kiran jumbu
• Peter Dewar
• S.Blythe
• Sewart Watson
• Sara Broadhurst
• Su Horn
• M.H. Cain
• wayne hughes
• Fly Hyett
• S.Toop & j Livermore
• Jo bell
• Emily Roche
• amy roche
• Craig Chant
• lisa manners
• tracey dyas
• David Ferron
• Julie Watts
• simon goode
• emma and chris
• susan glennon
• rob craggs
• Mrs Sandra Lister
• john glennon
• Graham Mitchell
• Elizabeth Shotton
• Lilian Kempshall
• Kathleen McMorran
• Elizabeth Dale
• Amanda Cunningham
• Michael Cunningham
• Lee Doyle
• Vance Mcghee
• Mr John R Lancaster
• Gill Hall
• p.hutchins
• andrew smiles
• E Freeman
• Christopher Bliszko
• kevin bierton
• Brenda M Cross
• Alan Perkins
• Lynda Shattell
• Mrs E A Wilson
• Jill Bull
• sheila genese
• P Wilcox
• donna wilcox
• Sandra Edwards
• Dr Paul Elliott
• Ian Walker
• Silvia Macis
• jen adamson-randles
• Ange Cramer
• Lawrence McGrory
• kathleen gibson
• Anthony Lowery
• MR P BARRATT
• Ron Jones
• J Bradford
• John Brian Ely
• Sinead Lantelli
• Harry Wheatley
• s pettit
• arlene haugh
• karen palmer
• mark corcoran
• Ian Cummings
• Gladys Cummings
• martin brookes (P.A.F.A)
• mr steven smith
• marie jasinskyj
• christine penson
• Linda Clapham
• christopher Frampton
• Jenny Ragsdell
• anne johnston
• Pippa Rivers
• R.D.Clare
• Shelagh Fitzwilliam
• David Riley
• jan loxley-blount
• Gail Stack
• Steve Crosby
• charlotte dyer
• Mark Adec
• Robert Christie
• colin hassell
• brigitte butcher
• clare sievewright
• Carl Quirk
• Graham Bayliss
• Christine Scott
• gordon grieve