Jeremy Thorpe and juries cross-examined | Letters

Dr Jonathan Rogers on the veil of secrecy that was drawn over the British jury system in the wake of the former Liberal party’s leader’s acquittalIt was interesting to read Geoffrey Robertson’s account of the aftermath of Jeremy Thorpe’s trial (Here’s another Thorpe scandal – its chilling legacy in law, 2 June). He states that section 8 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 is “still on the statute book”, but in England and Wales the provision was repe