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Why is the Stephen Lawrence murder case so important?
Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50, has been publicly named as a suspect in the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence 30 years ago.
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Stephen Lawrence murder suspect attacked in jail just days into nine-year sentence
Jamie Acourt - one of those suspected of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence - has been attacked by a fellow inmate just days into his sentence for running a £3 million drugs plot.
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Joint Enterprise Law 'Wrong': Now Stephen Lawrence and Garry Newlove Killers May Walk Free
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the law on joint enterprise has been wrongly interpreted over the past 30 years - meaning convicted murderers could soon be released. The highest court in the land said that trial judges had “taken a wrong turn in the 80s” who it came to directing juries regarding the law. Joint enterprise law has been used to convict and hand down long sentences for murder, even if that person did not taken part directly in the killing.
