Putting up a wall
Next month, we're publishing new research suggesting that the criminal justice system remains stubbornly resistant to meaningful reform.
In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that the courts had wrongly applied joint enterprise rules for over three decades. The implication – that thousands of people might have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned – were stark.
Six years on, our research, conducted in partnership with Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA), found no evidence that the Supreme Court ruling had any impact on the numbers being prosecuted.
The research is previewed in the current issue of Private Eye. You can support independent investigative journalism by buying a copy of the magazine, or taking out a subscription.
Earlier this month, Jan Cunliffe (quoted in the Private Eye article) and Gloria Morrison of JENGbA spoke about the long campaign for meaningful reform in our latest Lunch with... programme.
Watch the full video here.