Why are judges so reluctant to overturn juries?

Professor Michael Zander says the first thing to do is to ask them

The government’s law reform advisers will begin work shortly on a wide-ranging review of criminal appeals in England and Wales.

As I reported last month, the Law Commission is to consider whether the so-called safety test makes it difficult to correct miscarriages of justice. Under the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, as amended in 1995, the Court of Appeal wi…