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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Government and CPS face legal action over ‘racist’ joint enterprise law

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The Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prosecution Service are being sued by a human rights charity over the “racist” joint enterprise law, which research indicates disproportionately imprisons young Black men.

The legislation is often used to prosecute people in “gang” related cases, in which groups are convicted of a crime committed by one person on the back of prejudicial evidence that they are in a gang.

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