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BILLY WRIGHT INQUIRY
Terms of reference:
“To inquire into the death of Billy Wright with a view to determining whether any wrongful act or omission by or within the prison authorities or other state agencies facilitated his death or whether attempts were made to do so; whether any such act or omission was intentional or negligent; and to make recommendations.”
Panel members:
Rt Hon Lord (Ranald) MacLean (chair), BA, Clare College, Canbridge University, LLB, Edinburgh University, LLM, Yale Law School. Lord MacLean was appointed a Judge in 1990. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1964 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1977. He served as an Advocate Depute from 1972 to 1975 and was Home Advocate Depute from 1979 to 1982. He has served on the Scottish Legal Aid Board, the Council on Tribunals and the Stewart Committee on Alternatives to Prosecution.
Lord MacLean has been a member of the Parole Board for Scotland since 1998, a member of the Secretary of State for Scotland's Criminal Justice Forum since 1996, and the Chairman of the Governors of Fettes College, Edinburgh since 1996. From 1988 to 1996 he was Chairman of the Council of the Cockburn Association.
In January 1999 he was appointed Chairman of a committee established by the Secretary of State for Scotland. Its remit is to review the sentencing and treatment of serious sexual and violent offenders including those with personality disorders.
Professor Andrew Coyle CMG (wing member), PHD in criminology, Edinburgh University. Director of the International Centre for Prisons Studies at King’s College, London. He has 25 years' experience at a senior level in the prison services of the United Kingdom. He is the author of a number of books and articles on issues concerning criminal justice and has extensive international experience on prison matters, having visited prison systems in many countries as an expert consultant for bodies such as the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
Rt Rev John Oliver (wing member). Former Anglican Bishop of Hereford.
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