Campaigners say ‘shoddy’ and ‘outdated’ law has led to bystanders being wrongfully convicted
A Labour government would reform the law of joint enterprise that has led to hundreds of mostly young men unjustly serving life sentences for murder, David Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, has told a protest rally at Westminster.
Organised by the campaign group Joint Enterprise Not Guilty By Association (JENGbA), which is threatening a judicial review legal challenge of the justice secretary, Robert Buckland, the rally was attended by about 200 family members and supporters of young people serving long sentences after joint enterprise convictions.
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