A former director of public prosecutions has called for more research into juries following the collapse of the Vicky Pryce trial.
The 60-year-old wife of the disgraced former cabinet minister faces a retrial after the judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, said the jury in the case had "absolutely fundamental deficits in understanding" after they failed to reach a verdict in her case.
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