In Episode 10 of Full Comment, Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh and Edward Grange explore one of the UK’s most staggering recent miscarriages of justice: the case of Peter Sullivan, whose murder conviction was quashed in May 2025, after 38 years in prison.
Sullivan was convicted in 1987 of the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindel. Four decades later, newly available DNA testing rendered his conviction unsafe. 
Danielle and Edward unpack:

• The timeline of Sullivan’s case and the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)
• Why some believe the CCRC failed and what the stats really show
• How advances in forensic science are reshaping past convictions
• The real-life cost of wrongful imprisonment and whether compensation can ever be enough