Joint enterprise ‘miscarriage of justice’ on same scale as Horizon scandal – MP
Campaigners believe the “miscarriage of justice” for those convicted under joint enterprise is “on the same scale” as the Post Office Horizon scandal.
The doctrine enshrined in English common law has allowed courts to prosecute people who were not the primary actor in a crime but played a role, such as a getaway driver in a bank robbery.
But MPs warned “something has gone profoundly wrong” with the way the law has been used in recent decades and they have a proposed a reform to ensure
