Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
a body set up by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1992 with power to investigate miscarriages of justice and refer them to the Appeal Court. It has no power to quash convictions itself.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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