Double Jeopardy - The Law and Politics Podcast
@doubjeopardypod
With Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen | Listen 👉 https://bit.ly/3WWjTKS | Contact 🗒️ [email protected]
Since when is criminal damage terrorism? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc unpack the decision to ban Palestine Action alongside Neo-Nazi groups - warning it “devalues the term terrorism”. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/myw1ymqt
When does a risk to life justify the silencing of public debate? Daniel Carey joins @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to unpack the Afghan data breach, the superinjunction that concealed it, and what it reveals about justice, risk, and accountability. link.podtrac.com/myw1ymqt

Should judges decide guilt in serious trials? Sir Brian Leveson joins @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to debate the future of jury trials and whether justice still belongs in the hands of ordinary people. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/yq5yin7u
Should serious cases be heard without a jury? Sir Brian Leveson joins @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to defend a major reform that could reshape how justice is delivered. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/yq5yin7u
"A real risk of total system collapse.” Sir Brian Leveson joins @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc as he returns to public debate with his independent review of the UK criminal courts and a radical plan to fix the system. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/yq5yin7u

What if 14 experts say the Lucy Letby deaths weren’t crimes? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc explore how the Court of Appeal might respond and when fresh evidence can overturn a conviction. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/qk5u9s0s
What is the significance of recent developments in the Lucy Letby case? As three former hospital managers are arrested, @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc explore a potential legal conflict at the heart of the Lucy Letby case. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/qk5u9s0s
Is Lucy Letby just the start? Three NHS bosses arrested. Corporate manslaughter investigated. @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc unpack the legal and political fallout on Double Jeopardy. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/qk5u9s0s

Ongoing war or ongoing armed attack? When it comes to Israel and Iran, @KenMacdonaldKC, @timowenkc and Professor Marko Milanovic discuss the potential misalignment between perception and the rule of international law. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/x1scr6bu
When can States resort to force under international law? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc are joined by Professor Marko Milanovic to discuss the legality of Israel and the US’s recent military actions in Iran. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/x1scr6bu
Bombing Iran: Self-Defence or a Lawless Attack? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc are joined by Professor Marko Milanovic to explore the legality of the recent Israeli and U.S. military actions against Iranian nuclear facilities. Listen here: lnkd.in/e5_hsW3w

What next for the assisted dying bill? @KenMacdonaldKC, @timowenkc and @ToniaAntoniazzi MP discuss the opposition to assisted dying voiced by Wes Streeting and Shabana Mahmood. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/oig1dry4
What are we saying about women? @KenMacdonaldKC , @timowenkc and @ToniaAntoniazzi challenge the extreme arguments used to oppose the decriminalisation of women who end their pregnancy. Listen here: lnkd.in/ewDMxpaq
The politics of life and death. @KenMacdonaldKC, @timowenkc and MP Tonia Antoniazzi explore abortion, assisted dying, and the law’s moral limits. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/oig1dry4

Trial by jury under threat? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc discuss the Leveson review and what could be the most dramatic change to the UK’s justice system in 200 years. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/nz940hct
Police funding “a good deal”? Not according to frontline leaders. @DannyShawNews joins @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to explain why forces fear cuts and crisis. Listen here: lnkd.in/e2DNJvXn
What happens when justice is done on the cheap? @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc are joined by @DannyShawNews to unpack the political fallout of underfunding across courts, prisons, and police. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/nz940hct

TV glamorises forensics but the reality is underpaid, underfunded, and in crisis. Baroness Sue Black and Dr Angela Gallop CBE join @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to reveal the truth behind the lab coat. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/43ol5diw
Forensic science is failing and it’s costing innocent people their freedom. Baroness Sue Black and Dr Angela Gallop CBE join @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to expose why government inaction is risking justice. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/43ol5diw
Is Britain sleepwalking into a forensic science crisis? Baroness Sue Black and Dr Angela Gallop CBE join @KenMacdonaldKC and @timowenkc to reveal the stakes for justice. Listen here: link.podtrac.com/43ol5diw
