article_snippet: the prosecution of journalists was in turmoil last night after law chiefs announced a review of all forthcoming trials or retrials.
article_snippet: Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service have brought to trial 24 journalists as part of the investigation, launched in the wake of phone-hacking allegations.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, four Sun journalists  were acquitted of making illegal payments for stories.
article_snippet: Earlier this month, four Sun journalists – John Kay, Duncan Larcombe, Fergus Shanahan, and Geoff Webster – were dramatically acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal payments for stories.
article_snippet: And in January, a jury failed to reach verdicts in the trial of four current and former Sun journalists – Chris Pharo, Jamie Pyatt, Ben O’Driscoll and Graham Dudman.
article_snippet: four current and former Sun journalists