Director @exeterebjl, Professor of Law, Clinic Solicitor, and UKRI Fellow @uniofexeter. Conducting research in law, psychology, and data science.
Exeter, England
Joined September 2016
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Our PostOffice team, led by @RichardMoorhead were very pleased to win an @ESRC impact award last night. A great team to be part of, and more work to come which we hope will be helpful for the victims of this scandal and others: youtube.com/watch?v=v99Fj6wj…
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The Post Office Horizon scandal is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern English history.
The Post Office Project examines the failures, its impact on victims, and lessons for the legal system.
They're 2024 #ImpactPrize finalists!
More: orlo.uk/B6zPp
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Professor @RichardMoorhead Professor @Rebeccakhelm and Dr Sally Day from @ExeterLawSchool with @KarenJNokes and @LBCWiseCounsel are investigating the impact of the #PostOfficeScandal on victims and the legal profession
The Post Office Horizon scandal is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern English history.
The Post Office Project examines the failures, its impact on victims, and lessons for the legal system.
They're 2024 #ImpactPrize finalists!
More: orlo.uk/B6zPp
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The deadline for these two postdoc positions is approaching. One job for someone with expertise in evidence review and another for a philosopher of science:
Please circulate: we're hiring a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in philosophy of scientific method and philosophy of causality. Apply here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…. A 2nd postdoc job, for someone with expertise in evidence review and research methods, coming soon.
ALT Research project web page
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Please circulate: we're hiring a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in philosophy of scientific method and philosophy of causality. Apply here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…. A 2nd postdoc job, for someone with expertise in evidence review and research methods, coming soon.
ALT Research project web page
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Congratulations to @RichardMoorhead @Rebeccakhelm and Sally Day from @ExeterLawSchool
@KarenJNokes and @LBCWiseCounsel who have been nominated for the @ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for their pivotal role in helping victims of the #PostOfficeScandal
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of…
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Oliver Campbell's devastating wrongful conviction was recognised today, taking the number of cases in our registry to 469, representing almost 2,500 years spent in prison by people who are likely to be innocent: evidencebasedjustice.exeter.…
Oliver Campbell, wrongfully convicted for a murder he did not commit, has been cleared by the Court of Appeal after a 32-year fight for justice
Today's judgement makes the case one of the longest running miscarriages of justice in British history thejusticegap.com/oliver-cam…
My new book is finally here!
It presents a new theory-informed model of how juries work, discusses how various factors influence them, and makes evidence-based suggestions for related practice and policy: academic.oup.com/book/57511?…
@OUPAcademic @UniofExeterNews @ExeterLawSchool
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🆕 Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and #CriminalJustice edited by Máximo Langer, Mike McConville & Luke Marsh
Contributors incl' @AsherFlynn @mrinalsatish @edwardmjohnston @monique_moffa @JMGORMLEY
Out now ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978180…
🆓 Chapter ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/978180220667…
ALT Bringing together established and emerging scholars from around the world, the Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice examines the practice of plea bargaining, through which guilty pleas are secured and trials are avoided.
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Sadly, @UniKent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear
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Associate Professor @Rebeccakhelm - from @ExeterLawSchool and @exeterebjl - discusses her research into the #PostOfficeScandal and the differences in punishments handed out by the courts in this article
There is enough circumstantial evidence to warrant a deeper investigation into the role race and ethnicity played in how the Post Office conducted cases.
My latest with @rafeuddin_ on.ft.com/3uuXv0O
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Two universities @UCLLaws and @UniofExeter are conducting a three-year study of the ethics of lawyers involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal. The project is being led by @RichardMoorhead, @Rebeccakhelm and @KarenJNokes with @ESRC support. ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/aug/anal…
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Associate Professor @Rebeccakhelm from @ExeterLawSchool has been discussing her research on miscarriages of justice following the overturn of the conviction of #AndrewMalkinson
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p1v…
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The first paper from our collaborative project to develop a new model for understanding guilty plea decisions is finally out & free to read. w/ @Rebeccakhelm @EdkinsVanessa & Mike Bixter psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202…
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Vol 3 no 3 (2022) of the Wrongful Conviction Law Review (@WrongfulLaw) is now available on CanLII! Featuring content by @RyanneBerube, @Miko_Wilford, @Rebeccakhelm, Elizabeth Panuccio, Taylor C Lebensfeld, and more. #legalcommentary zurl.co/2MC1
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Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology @ASU job targeting underrepresented scholars for 1-3 year postdoc with goal of transitioning to a tenure-track position. Please RT! @SPSPJobs @OfficialSARMAC @Psychonomic_Soc @SESPcon @APLS41 #AcademicTwitter @PsychJobs
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The @exeterebjl based at @ExeterLawSchool built the UK’s largest database of miscarriages of justice, including case details of almost 500 individual miscarriages of justice over the past 50 years. We spoke to project lead Dr @Rebeccakhelm to find out more bit.ly/41E1EKT
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