Before 1984, laws governing the police were to some extent nonexistent, leading to misconduct and miscarriages of justice: one example of this is the Birmingham Six, who were wrongly convicted of the pubs bombing in Birmingham city Centre in 1974. Is was proven that evidence was manipulated to help create a conviction and imprisonment of the suspects (Zanders, 2005). With many other incidences also occurring this led to PACE coming a welcomed policy within the criminal justice system …show more content…
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