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CCRC

British

abbreviation

Criminal Cases Review Commission: a British government body established in 1997 to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice

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Mr Nealon, like Mr Malkinson, was cleared thanks to DNA work by his lawyers, not the CCRC.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Mr Malkinson is now calling for a "root and branch" reform of the CCRC.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

Appeal, his legal team, said it was pleased Mr Malkinson's request for an independent review had been granted by the CCRC, and called for a meeting with the leader of the probe.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

“The reckoning is here,” said Davis Jenkins, senior research scholar at the Community College Research Center, or CCRC, at Teachers College, Columbia University.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

Another option, for those who can afford it, is a continuing care retirement community, or CCRC, that allows you to stay in one place even if you later need higher levels of care.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

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