In 2010 the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC ) reported that 333 people had died in or following police custody over the previous 11 years. During that time, though, no officer had ever been successfully prosecuted.
The report by the independent police watchdog found that prosecutions were recommended against 13 officers based on ‘relatively strong evidence of misconduct or neglect’, but none had resulted in a guilty verdict.
Len Jackson, the IPCC interim chair, explained this away at the time with the line that ‘juries quite often find it difficult to convict police officers’.
So many deaths and yet so little consequence was explained by the prejudicial nature of juries, in the police’s favour. At the time this seemed a weak argument. Full story...
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The report by the independent police watchdog found that prosecutions were recommended against 13 officers based on ‘relatively strong evidence of misconduct or neglect’, but none had resulted in a guilty verdict.
Len Jackson, the IPCC interim chair, explained this away at the time with the line that ‘juries quite often find it difficult to convict police officers’.
So many deaths and yet so little consequence was explained by the prejudicial nature of juries, in the police’s favour. At the time this seemed a weak argument. Full story...
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