Human rights group backs Manchester men who say racism led to murder convictions

Three black men jailed under joint enterprise law, which is often based on dubious evidence' of gang membership, says Liberty

The human rights campaign group Liberty has backed three black men who are contesting their murder convictions on the grounds of institutional racism by Greater Manchester police and the criminal justice system.

Liberty has made its own submission to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to support the application made in May by the three men, Durrell Goodall, Reano Walters and Nathaniel Jay" Williams, who are serving life sentences.