Crown Prosecution Service
Liberty threatens to sue government over ‘racist’ joint enterprise law
Human rights group argues law unfairly attaches gang motives to black and minority-ethnic young men
David Conn
06, Apr, 2022 @11:01 PM
Met police officer charged with GBH after man paralysed by Taser
Jordan Walker-Brown is paralysed from the chest down after being shot in May 2020
Tobi Thomas
31, Mar, 2022 @5:23 PM
Courts condemn Home Office and CPS in two separate trafficking cases
Court of appeal’s rejection of the Home Office’s appeal a ‘landmark ruling’ for victims
Diane Taylor
17, Mar, 2022 @6:03 PM
‘My childhood was stolen. Why is my adulthood being taken, too?’ The rape survivors waiting 1,000 days for prosecution
Court closures, defunded legal aid and barrister shortages are adding to an already excruciating ordeal, while invasive investigations are leading many to drop proceedings altogether
Anna Moore
03, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM
Rape victims ‘systematically failed’ in England and Wales, report finds
Joint inspection by two government watchdogs identifies multiple failings in police and criminal justice system
Rajeev Syal and Alexandra Topping
25, Feb, 2022 @12:01 AM
CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions
Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
22, Feb, 2022 @12:59 PM
Euston tunnellers’ court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict
Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station
Diane Taylor
14, Feb, 2022 @5:08 PM
Police to look again at decision to charge Caroline Flack with assault
Mother of Love Island presenter, who took her own life in 2020, says Flack’s fame influenced decision
Rachel Hall and agency
14, Feb, 2022 @9:22 AM
Speaker rebukes Boris Johnson for remarks about Starmer and Savile
Lindsay Hoyle criticises PM’s comments but does not demand apology, after former Tory chief whip condemned the ‘smear’
Jessica Elgot and Niamh McIntyre
01, Feb, 2022 @11:40 PM
Court backs CPS decision not to charge alleged killer of drowned boy
Mother of Christopher Kapessa attacks justice system over response to incident in Wales in July 2019
Damien Gayle
24, Jan, 2022 @5:00 PM
Failure to prosecute over boy’s drowning in Welsh river ‘irrational’, court told
Mother of 13-year-old Christopher Kapessa, who died in 2019, mounts judicial review against DPP decision
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
13, Jan, 2022 @4:45 PM
Convictions quashed for men who drove dinghies across Channel
Appeals court rules in favour of men filmed piloting small boats after prosecutors ‘misunderstood’ law
Diane Taylor
21, Dec, 2021 @6:43 PM
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