Is the Crown Prosecution Service fit for purpose?
From the BBC
No police officers will be prosecuted over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
It follows a review of new evidence which came to light at his inquest.
Mr de Menezes, 27, was shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in south London after he was mistaken for one of the failed 21 July 2005 bombers.
In December, an inquest jury returned an open verdict - rejecting the police view that he was killed lawfully.
Stephen O'Doherty, the lawyer who led the CPS review, said: "I have now concluded that there is insufficient evidence that any offence was committed by any individual officers in relation to the tragic death of Mr de Menezes."
'Inconsistencies'
The officers, known as Charlie 2 and Charlie 12, told the inquest they had shouted a warning at Mr de Menezes and he had continued moving towards them.
But passengers at the inquest had said this was not the case, and the jury did not accept the officers' accounts.
Mr O'Doherty said: "Although there were some inconsistencies in what the officers said at the inquest, there were also inconsistencies in what passengers had said.
"I concluded that in the confusion of what occurred on the day, a jury could not be sure that any officer had deliberately given a false account of events."
It's unbelievable that the CPS had taken this decision without talking to the family or their representatives
Yasmin Khan
Justice 4 Jean
Mr O'Doherty said there was no fresh evidence presented to the inquest to make him reconsider an earlier decision not to prosecute senior officers for negligence.
He has written to Mr de Menezes' family to explain the decision, he added.
Yasmin Khan of the Justice 4 Jean campaign described the CPS decision as "morally reprehensible and legally wrong".
This case is, as I have said before, a whitewash and fairly typical behaviour from what is supposed to be an independent body
My partner received one of those letters from the CPS and it was riddled with inconsistencies supplied by the police. Based on these erroneous errors, ( or lies, depending on how one looks at it), they did not proceed with her case either.
Again wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!!!!
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