Maxine Peake asks what is joint enterprise? Where did these laws come from and how have they evolved over time? She focuses on the principle of ‘foresight’, and how it was wrongly applied in Joint Enterprise cases for over thirty years. Felicity Gerry KC recounts how she won a landmark case R vs Jogee at the Supreme Court and Christopher Richards shares his experience of conviction for murder under joint enterprise.

Contributors in order of appearance:

Opening voices: Jan Cunliffe, Kevin Smith, Charlotte Henry, Felicity Gerry, Gloria Morrison, Becky Clarke, Joseph Appiah aka Cleeshay and Christopher Richards.

Dr. Nisha Waller, Racial Justice Lead, Appeal

Simon Natas, Solicitor advocate, one of the founder partners of ITN Solicitors, London

Christopher Richards, former prisoner and justice campaigner.

Dr. Felicity Gerry, KC, Barrister, Libertas Chambers, London & Crocket Chambers, Melbourne

Matt Dyson, Professor of Civil and Criminal Law at the University of Oxford

Gloria Morrison, co-founder of the Joint Enterprise campaign group, JENGbA

Helen Mills Head of Programmes, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

Richard Garside, Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

Read ‘The Usual Suspects’ report here:

https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk//sites/default/files/Usual%20Suspects%202nd%20edition%20final%20version%208%20nov_1.pdf

Credits:

Presenter: Maxine Peake | IG @betteblavatsky

Series Producers: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg & Steve Langridge X @SMANGLERS

Series Editor: Helen Mills, The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

Artwork: Kellie O'Hanlon & AFJ Ink

Produced by EarWorm Productions in collaboration with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and JENGbA. The project has been funded by the Institute of Now and the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust.

JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association) is a not-for-profit organisation that offers support to families and friends of those who believe they have suffered a wrongful conviction under Joint Enterprise. Follow @jengba on Instagram, Tiktok and X and at the website: www.jengba.co.uk

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is an education charity established in 1931. It advances public understanding of crime and criminal justice. www.crimeandjustice.org.uk

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