Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>I cannot imagine what it must be like to spend 38 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit but Peter Sullivan has lived that hell.</p><p>This is both an injustice to him and to the relatives of the victim, Diane Sindall whose murderer (if still alive) remains unpunished.</p><p>The Appeals system that twice rejected Sullivan's appeal now needs to be reformed if we are to ensure such injustices don't continue.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/13/peter-sullivan-jail-murder-conviction-quashed-diane-sindall" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/law/2025/may/1</span><span class="invisible">3/peter-sullivan-jail-murder-conviction-quashed-diane-sindall</span></a></p>