Coursework Template

Module Title Criminal Justice
Coursework Element Case Study (50%)

Assignment Title

Research case from below. Incorporating all of the points listed below, write an essay in the form of a case study:

R v Sally Clark [2003] EWCA Crim 1020, [2003] 2 FCR 447.

In order to answer the question fully, you will need to include:
A definition of ‘miscarriage of justice’;
A summary of the facts of the case;
An explanation of the point during the Criminal Justice System that the miscarriage of justice occurred;
An analysis of the evidence presented in court;
The verdict;
The sentence;
The consequences of the ‘miscarriage of justice’;
How has the law been amended to prevent the miscarriage from reoccurring today?