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Investigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to reopen old cases.
2002
After being disgraced, investigator Rose Linden is assigned under administrative manager Marion Maloney at the Criminal Justice Review Agency (CJRA). Despite being told to resume light duties only, Rose ignores orders and soon drags Maloney into a case of injustice, involving a mother's plea that her son is not guilty of the rape and murder of his daughter.
As the investigation deepens, Rose is forced to battle her own demons as she's forced to cope with the knowledge that she has recently freed a man who is actually guilty of the crime for which he was sentenced. Will this impair her judgement, or will Maloney manage to steer the investigation back on course?
Sarah Lancashire
Rose Linden
Phil Davis
Marion Maloney
Nisha Nayar
Joyce Hammond
David Westhead
Wallace Canford
2005
Rose and Maloney reinvestigate convicted rapist Karl Callaghan, but the case further complicates when his driving licence is found next to a corpse. Later, there appear to be implications of drug running and human trafficking.
An investigation is reopened into the case of a woman sentenced for the murder of her lover's wife and teenage daughter years ago. Rose and Maloney must review her troubled past in order to correct the miscarriage of justice.
Rose and Maloney reinvestigate the case of a wealthy property developer convicted of murdering his father, sister and business partner on a remote farm. They soon realise that people with power can buy almost anything, but that even the rich don't always escape.
2004
Rose receives an appeal from Daniel Berrington, who was found guilty of murdering retired army officer Arthur Towns when he was 10 years old. Now 18 and eligible for parole, Berrington risks his chances of freedom by claiming his innocence. Rose once again drags Maloney into the case, putting their careers on the line.
Berrington escapes from custody, presenting Rose with a difficult dilemma: hand him over to the authorities and save her job or risk the CRJA's future by taking on the case. It's not long before Rose's suspicions are put to the test as the Berrington brothers come face to face, but the truth takes everyone by surprise.
When the Government orders that cases where the defendants were convicted of infanticide due to evidence from expert witnesses may be reviewed, Rose and Maloney dig up Katie Phelan, convicted of killing a baby in her care on the evidence of Dr Diane Marquis. The duo learn that the child's parents also had another who died, and they believe that they have a case of cot death, until the family doctor drops a bombshell.
Devastating revelations about the Campeses cause the detective duo to wonder if they've made a terrible mistake in securing Katie's release — could she be the murderer after all?
Vincent Parris seeks the CJRA to investigate his father's conviction for the murder of a fellow prisoner, after having been the victim of racism. George Parris had already been jailed for armed robbery, but his family believe that the police had framed him. As Rose and Maloney delve deeper into the case, someone is out to stop them.
When it turns out that the victim was actually an undercover policeman, Rose and Maloney find themselves in a murky world of corruption and racism, which looks to hold the key to the case. But the deeper they probe, the more danger they find themselves in.
