But its calls have been rejected by former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, director
of public prosecutions Ken MacDonald and, yesterday, former lord chancellor Lord Falconer.
Former director
of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald asked: «What exactly does Bernard Hogan - Howe consider is the purpose of having an inquiry into the men he has already exonerated on television?
Former director
of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald is overseeing the review.
Not exact matches
Rosemary Bechler (RB): Few
of us understood the full import
of what
Ken Macdonald QC, former Director
of Public Prosecutions, was saying at the Convention
of Modern Liberty in 2009 when he referred to the then just published paper by Sir David Omand on the effect
of modern data mining and processing techniques on intelligence work.
Chakrabarti is the latest high - profile advocate to enter parliament, with two former directors
of public prosecution also taking party whips: Keir Starmer on the green benches for Labour,
Ken Macdonald on the red benches for the Liberal Democrats.
The director
of public prosecutions and head
of the Crown
Prosecution Service (CPS)
Ken McDonald, leads the list
of knighthoods in the Queen's 2007 new year's honours.
But former director
of public prosecutions Sir
Ken MacDonald has spoken out against the government's plans, despite supporting the use
of communications data evidence.
In November 2007, the director
of public prosecutions, Sir
Ken Macdonald, said prosecutors have «managed comfortably» with the existing 28 - day limit.
Sir
Ken Macdonald, director
of public prosecutions, said: «They have said that they are prepared to put Mr Lugovoi on trial in Russia if the evidence is forwarded to them.
Outside parliament the government's proposals have been attacked as unnecessary by Sir
Ken Macdonald QC, director
of public prosecutions, and as unworkable by Andy Hayman, former head
of special operations at Scotland Yard.
Mr Khan also counts former London mayor
Ken Livingstone, Margaret Hodge MP and former Director
of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer among his supporters.
An accompanying article dealt with the «justice gap» between reported rapes and convictions and there followed the next day in the same newspaper a further account
of the reasons for the very low
prosecution rate, featuring comments by the director
of public prosecutions (DPP), Sir
Ken Macdonald, and the solicitor general, Vera Baird, among others, in which they attributed it in part to police and prosecutorial under - performance.