article_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders position as the country’s top prosecutor looked bleak as Alison Saunders faced unprecedented criticism from the Home Secretary, police chiefs, crime tsars, prominent MPs – and even one of Alison Saunders predecessors.
article_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders said Alison Saunders job as head of the Crown Prosecution Service was to make the correct legal decisions in difficult cases, not the most popular ones.
article_snippet.sent: But Alison Saunders was accused of ignoring the rights of victims and of perpetrating Establishment cover-ups by deciding that Labour peer Lord Janner should not be charged – despite evidence of 22 offences against nine victims dating back to the 1960s.
article_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders, right, said DPP job as head of the Crown Prosecution Service was to make the correct legal decisions in difficult cases, not the most popular ones, Lord Janner, left .
article_snippet.sent: Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP who exposed the late Cyril Smith as a paedophile, said that the weight of criticism against Alison Saunders meant something had ‘clearly gone very badly wrong’.
article_snippet.sent: Writing in today’s Mail on Sunday, below, Alison Saunders said: ‘Alison Saunders is now seen as a roadblock to justice and it’s hard to see how Alison Saunders position remains tenable.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Alison Saunders has also come under fire over other high-profile cases – and has been involved in a number of disputes over the competing rights of suspects and alleged victims in sex assault cases.
article_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders decision in the Lord Janner case could be overturned if the complainants use the ‘Right to Review’ scheme introduced two years ago.
article_snippet.sent: However, that investigation faces further setbacks as campaigners are seeking a judicial review of Alison Saunders decision to exclude child abuse survivors from the inquiry panel for being insufficiently objective.
article_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders role is to make these very difficult decisions, not to make popular decisions.
article_snippet.sent: And not just because in admitting previous failures to prosecute Lord Janner, Alison Saunders failed to apologise on behalf of the CPS.
article_snippet.sent: It’s appalling because It’s the wrong decision and one Alison Saunders didn’t have to make.
article_snippet.sent: For the DPP to shut down any prospect of justice in such a case sends out the worst possible message at the worst possible time, and Alison Saunders reputation is unravelling fast.
article_snippet.sent: So wrong that Alison Saunders is now seen as a roadblock to justice and
article_snippet.sent: it’s hard to see how Alison Saunders position remains tenable.
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders position as the country's top prosecutor looks bleak .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders has faced criticism from Home Secretary, police chiefs and MPs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Alison Saunders said Alison Saunders job was to make legal decisions, not popular ones .