| 词条 | Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission |
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|agency_name = Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission |native_name = |type = |logo = Logo of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.png |logo_width = 220px |formed = 1999 |jurisdiction = Scotland |headquarters = Portland House, 17 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH |employees = |budget = |minister1_name = Michael Matheson {{post-nominal|GBR|MSP}} |minister1_pfo = Cabinet Secretary for Justice |parent_department = Justice Directorate, Scottish Government |keydocument1 = Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 |chief1_name = Jean Couper {{post-nominal|GBR|CBE}} |chief1_position = Chair |chief2_name = Gerard Sinclair |chief2_position = Chief Executive |agency_type=executive non-departmental public body |parent_agency=Scottish Government |website = {{URL|http://sccrc.org.uk/}} |footnotes = | map = Scotland in the UK and Europe.svg | map_caption = Scotland in the UK and Europe }}{{Scots law}} The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, established by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (as amended by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997). The Commission has the statutory power to refer cases dealt with on indictment (ie solemn procedure cases) to the High Court of Justiciary. This was extended to include summary cases by Statutory Instrument on 31 March 1999,[1] immediately before the Commission took up its role in April 1999. Though funded by the Scottish Government, investigations are carried out independently of Scottish Ministers, with the Commission being accountable to the Scottish Parliament on matters of finance and administration. Governance and administrationThe Commission is headed by Chief Executive, Gerard Sinclair, and staffed by a Director of Corporate Services, 2 Senior Legal Officers, 6 Legal Officers and 3 admin support staff. Eight Legal Officers and one Senior Legal Officer are required to deal with the Commission's normal case load. In order to review the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Commission sought approval from the Scottish Executive Justice Department for the appointment of 2 additional Legal Officers and 1 Senior Legal Officer. The SCCRC has a Board of Management of 8 members appointed by Her Majesty The Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister of Scotland. As of 28 July 2018, its current members are:
By statute, at least one third of the Commission's members are required to be legally qualified (either an advocate or solicitor of at least 10 years' standing) and at least two thirds must have knowledge or experience of the criminal justice system. The Board members and the Chief Executive are required to work together to ensure that the Commission runs efficiently and effectively. Remit and jurisdictionThe Commission's role is to review and investigate cases where it is alleged that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred in relation to conviction, sentence or both. The Commission can only review and investigate cases where the conviction and sentence were imposed by a Scottish Court (the High Court, a Sheriff Court or a Justice of the Peace Court), and when the appeal process has been exhausted. PowersThe SCCRC can investigate both solemn and summary cases. It will conduct a thorough, independent and impartial review and investigation of all cases accepted for review. The Commission has wide-ranging powers of investigation. After the review has been completed the Commission will decide whether or not the case should be referred to the High Court. If it is decided to refer a case, the case will be heard and determined by the High Court of Justiciary as if it were a normal appeal. AimsThe main aims of the Commission are:
Confidentiality and disclosureThe Commission operates under strict statutory non-disclosure provisions, and cannot disclose any information about individual cases. The Commission can disclose the fact that a case has been referred to the High Court but will not release any information regarding cases in which no referral has been made or in respect of cases under review. StatisticsAs at 31 March 2007 the SCCRC had received a total of 887 cases since April 1999, when it was established. The Commission completed its review of 841 of these cases and referred 67 of them to the High Court. Of the referrals, 39 have been determined: 25 appeals were granted; 11 appeals rejected; and, 3 abandoned. Chief Executive, Gerard Sinclair, says that normally the court rules about half the referrals to be a miscarriage of justice each year, which would equate in 2003 to roughly 0.005% of the total number of Scottish criminal convictions. But, says Sinclair: "Even if it were just one wrongful conviction a year, that would still be one too many." Budget and expenditureThe Scottish Government agreed an SCCRC budget of £1.2m for 2008–09. Lockerbie bombingMegrahi's 2003 applicationFormer SCCRC member, William Taylor QC, who acted as Senior Counsel for Megrahi at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial and at his appeal in 2002, resigned as a Commissioner on 23 September 2003. This was the same day as the SCCRC received an application from solicitors acting on Megrahi's behalf, requesting that it review his conviction. Megrahi's appeal against his 27-year minimum jail sentence was scheduled to be heard in Edinburgh before a panel of five Judges on 11 July 2006.[3] This July hearing was, however, postponed to allow the question of the venue for the appeal (Edinburgh or Camp Zeist, Netherlands) to be resolved.[4] On 1 November 2006 Megrahi was reported to have dropped his demand for the appeal against sentence – and any further appeal against conviction that the SCCRC might award – to be held at Camp Zeist.[5] SCCRC's decisionIn January 2007, the SCCRC announced that it would issue its decision on Megrahi's case by the end of June 2007.[6] On 17 June 2007 The Observer confirmed that the SCCRC's decision was imminent and reported: "Abdelbaset al-Megrahi never wavered in his denial of causing the Lockerbie disaster: now Scottish legal experts say they believe him."[7] On 28 June 2007 the SCCRC announced[8] its decision to refer the case to the Court of Criminal Appeal for Megrahi's second appeal against conviction, having concluded: "that there is no reasonable basis in the trial court's judgment for its conclusion that the purchase of the items [clothes that were found in the wreckage of the plane] from Mary's House [in Malta] took place on 7 December 1988." It is anticipated that preparation for the appeal before a panel of three Judges in Edinburgh could take as long as a year. International observer's viewProfessor Hans Köchler, who was appointed by UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, to observe the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial at Camp Zeist, Netherlands was reported to be baffled by the SCCRC's four-year delay in reaching a conclusion. Köchler said: "In my experience as observer of the Lockerbie trial, the Roman law system is superior to the common law system (practised in Scotland), particularly in matters of criminal law. It is indeed revealing that it takes the SCCRC so many years (that are apparently needed, inter alia, for secret negotiations between the governments of the involved countries) to announce its decision on whether there should be a retrial in the Lockerbie case or not."[9][10] Following the SCCRC's decision on 28 June 2007 to refer the case back for a second appeal, Köchler expressed surprise at the focus of the Commission's review and its apparent bias in favour of the judicial establishment: "In giving exoneration to the police, prosecutors and forensic staff, I think they show their lack of independence. No officials to be blamed: simply a Maltese shopkeeper."[11] On 4 July 2007 Köchler wrote to Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, to Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, to Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, and to FCO Minister of State with responsibility for Africa, Asia and the UN, Mark Malloch Brown describing the SCCRC's decision as "long overdue" and calling for a full and independent public inquiry into the Lockerbie case.[12] Administration of the Lockerbie reviewOn page 16 of the 2007–2008 annual report and accounts of the SCCRC, published on 4 June 2008, chief executive Gerald Sinclair has written a summary of the SCCRC's administration of the Lockerbie review.[13] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19991181.htm |title=The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (Application to Summary Proceedings) Order 1999, SI 1999/1181 |publisher=Opsi.gov.uk |accessdate=16 May 2011}} {{Wikinewspar|Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to review Pan Am Flight 103 conviction}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sccrc.co.uk/the-board |title=The Board |publisher=Sccrc.org.uk |accessdate=28 July 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/lockerbie-bomb-appeal-lined-up-for-summer-1-1116662 |title=Lockerbie bomb appeal lined up for summer |work=The Scotsman |date=5 May 2006|accessdate=8 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/bomber-bids-for-163-1m-return-to-dutch-court-1-1121267 |title=Bomber bids for £1m return to Dutch court |work=The Scotsman |date=9 June 2006 |accessdate=8 August 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/appeal-rethink-for-lockerbie-bomber-1-723448 |title=Appeal rethink for Lockerbie bomber |work=The Scotsman |date=1 November 2006 |accessdate=8 August 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=175 |title=Decision in June 2007 on Megrahi's case |accessdate=16 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807131523/http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=175 |archivedate=7 August 2011 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite news|first1=Mark |last1=Townsend |first2=David |last2=Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/17/politics.lockerbie1 |title=Evidence that casts doubt on who brought down Flight 103 |work=The Observer |location=London |date=25 June 2007 |accessdate=18 April 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=293 |title=referral of Megrahi case |accessdate=16 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503204553/http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=293 |archivedate=3 May 2011 |df= }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://i-p-o.org/nr-lockerbie-14Oct05.htm |title=Statement of Dr Hans Köchler, international observer at the Lockerbie trial |publisher=I-p-o.org |accessdate=16 May 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://i-p-o.org/Koechler-EU-Lockerbie-Bulgaria-14Feb07.pdf |title=Double standards in criminal justice: Pan Am Flight 103 v HIV trial in Libya |format=PDF |accessdate=16 May 2011}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://i-p-o.org/koechler-lockerbie-referral-29June2007.htm |title=Criticism of the SCCRC by Dr Hans Köchler |publisher=I-p-o.org |accessdate=16 May 2011}} 12. ^{{cite news|author=Paul Kelbie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/08/lockerbie.theobserver |title=UN observer calls for fresh Lockerbie probe |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=8 July 2007 |accessdate=18 April 2017}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=358 |title=SCCRC's administration of the Lockerbie review |accessdate=16 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807131644/http://www.sccrc.org.uk/ViewFile.aspx?id=358 |archivedate=7 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }} External links
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