‘Chaos reigns’: five thousand criminal cases collapsed last year as evidence goes missing Jon Robins 3 Feb Crime, Miscarriages of Justice
Campaigners call for new legislation to fix injustice of joint enterprise Jon Robins 1 Feb Crime, Miscarriages of Justice
‘Categorical failure on every count to halt the overrepresentation of Black children’ in youth justice system Noah Robinson 31 Jan Crime, Race
Government launches recruitment drive for magistrates to ‘speed up justice’ Zaki Sarraf 26 Jan Courts, Crime
CPS revisits mercy killing guidance to ‘fill the void’ left by parliament’s inaction on assisted dying Samantha Dulieu 19 Jan Crime, Human rights
Plans to double magistrates’ sentencing powers damned as ‘sticking plaster’ for broken justice system Elena Colato 19 Jan Courts, Crime
Decriminalisation of cannabis possession needed to tackle disproportionate policing, says report Udit Mahalingam 18 Jan Crime, Drugs
Campaigners call for end to Covid prosecutions after it was revealed one of three ‘wrongly brought’ Jon Robins 18 Jan Crime, Miscarriages of Justice
Expanding use of video links risks miscarriages of justice, say justice charities Jon Robins 10 Jan Crime, Miscarriages of Justice
Review calls for £135m to save criminal legal aid and highlights concerns over firms doing ‘bare minimum’ Jon Robins 16 Dec Crime, Legal aid
Needs of people with mental illness ‘missed at every stage’ in ‘broken’ justice system Noah Robinson 19 Nov Crime, Mental health
Why we need a proper statutory public inquiry into Sarah Everard’s murder Daniel Machover and Toby Wilton 15 Oct Crime, News, Women
‘More foghorn than dogwhistle’: Johnson gets tough on crime Nicholas Reed Langen 30 Jul Crime, Police