Introducing 'In It Together', a powerful podcast hosted by Maxine Peake, the series delves deep into the complex world of joint enterprise, questioning whether those convicted under the joint enterprise laws are always truly "in it together" and exploring what changes are urgently needed in the justice system. Across four compelling episodes, you’ll hear firsthand testimonies from ex-prisoners and their families, alongside insights from legal experts, lawyers, MPs, and campaigners. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that challenges the status quo and amplifies the voices that often go unheard.

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Maxie Peake explores the beginnings of the campaign group JENGbA: Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association, and how they have developed and grown over the past 15 years. Featuring families, legal experts, MPs and others who describe their experience of JENGbA and the grassroots campaign to challenge misuse of the joint enterprise laws in the British criminal justice system.

Contributors in order of appearance:

Jan Cunliffe, co-founder, JENGbA

Gloria Morrison, co-founder, JENGbA

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

Dr. Nisha Waller, Racial Justice Lead, Appeal

Joseph Appiah aka Cleeshay, former prisoner, justice campaigner

Felicity Gerry, KC, Libertas Chambers, London and Crocket Chambers, Melbourne

Kim Johnson MP, Liverpool Riverside

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

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

Families’ voices: Kevin Smith, Amy Jenkins, Charlotte Henry, Sally Halsall

End music by Goddaz @ Mineout Music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx2Jt3bsUVU

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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Maxine Peake explores how broad, vague concepts like ‘foresight’ or ‘encouragement’ are compounded when the legal system doesn’t take into account conditions like autism, which can affect someone’s ability to anticipate or understand other people’s behaviour. She also hears how women have been overcriminalised by the joint enterprise laws. Featuring Alex Henry, Anthony Wallder and Maureen and Kelly Smith’s experiences of murder conviction under joint enterprise, as shared by their families.

Contributors in order of appearance:

Opening voices: Charlotte Henry, Sally Halsall, Amy Jenkins, Josh Wallder, Kevin Smith.

Charlotte Henry, Alex Henry’s sister, justice campaigner

Sally Halsall, Alex Henry’s mother, justice campaigner

Prof Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge

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

Dr. Nisha Waller, Racial Justice Lead, Appeal

Josh Wallder, Anthony Wallder’s brother

Amy Jenkins, Anthony Wallder’s partner

Kevin Smith, Maureen and Kelly Smith’s father, justice campaigner

Becky Clarke. Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Read ‘The criminalisation of women convicted under joint enterprise laws’ report here:

https://barrowcadbury.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stories-of-Injustice-women-and-JE.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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Maxine Peake looks at how and why race affects joint enterprise. Joseph Appiah aka Cleeshay, shares his story of conviction under joint enterprise, Joseph was 15 when he was arrested for murder. And we hear from some of Britain’s leading criminal barristers, who are calling for changes to tackle racism in the legal system.

Contributors in order of appearance:

Joseph Appiah aka Cleeshay, former prisoner and justice campaigner

Dr. Nisha Waller, Racial Justice Lead, Appeal

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

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

Kier Monteith, KC, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

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

Becky Clarke, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University.

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

Read ‘The Legal Dragnet’ report here:

https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk//sites/default/files/2025-01/The%20Legal%20Dragnet%2C%20Sep%202024.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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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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by Maxine Peake, ‘In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast’ is a four-part series shining a light on joint enterprise: when multiple people are held responsible for the same crime. Maxine Peake, who starred in ‘Say Nothing’, ‘Peterloo’, ‘Anne’ and ‘Silk’, explores how joint enterprise works, who it affects, and why campaigners are arguing that justice is not being served by these vague laws. There are no winners when a violent crime is committed, and many parties are affected. This podcast looks at the grey areas, where the law doesn’t function as it should, where it is not delivering justice, whilst respecting the victims and their families who’ve had to deal with the devastating consequences of violent crime. Featuring powerful testimonies from ex-prisoners and their families, as well as legal experts, lawyers, MPs and campaigners. Join Maxine as she tries to make sense of joint enterprise and asks, are those convicted under these laws always ‘in it together’ and what needs to change?

Listen now on Acast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Produced by EarWorm Productions in collaboration with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and JENGbA. It 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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.