article_snippet: But of the 20 journalists whose cases have come before the courts only two have been convicted, and last week one of those, a Sun journalist, was invited to lodge an appeal against his conviction.
article_snippet: The rejection of cases by a succession of juries has led to MPs calling for the police and the CPS to look again at the remaining cases.
article_snippet: A former soldier and his wife were also cleared of the misconduct charge after A former soldier and his wife were accused of leaking the information.
article_snippet: On Friday, the first journalist to be convicted of paying a public official as part of the Elveden probe had her conviction quashed.
article_snippet: The former News of the World reporter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a six-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of paying a prison officer for information at the Old Bailey last November.
article_snippet: In turn, a prison officer was jailed for three-and-a-half years for misconduct in a public office and a prison officer friend was given 30 weeks behind bars.
article_snippet: All three, who cannot be named for legal reasons, launched an appeal and the Lord Chief Justice ruled that their convictions should be quashed.
article_snippet: a prison officer found the trial judge
highlights_snippet: Of the 20 journalists hauled before court, only two have been convicted .
  