article_snippet: Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders has announced a review of all forthcoming trials or retrials regarding the prosecution of journalists .
article_snippet: Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, made the decision as anger grew that a ‘witch-hunt’ had been conducted to pursue reporters who exposed stories kept secret because Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions embarrassed those in power.
article_snippet: Mrs Saunders made the decision after holding emergency talks about the future of the prosecutions of the Press with senior barristers and the Metropolitan Police.
article_snippet: Legal sources said Mrs Saunders had been forced to consider an ‘exit strategy’ after the so-called media crime investigations descended into chaos, with juries showing a reluctance to convict journalists who paid money for stories that were clearly in the public interest.
highlights_snippet: Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders will now review all trials .
  