From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were failed by the justice system

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  This is The Guardian.

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  Hi, I'm David Kohn.

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  I'm The Guardian journalist who wrote the article The Great Betrayal,

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  How The Hillsborough Families Were Failed by the Justice System,

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  which we published in The Guardian on the 21st October 2021.

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  I have been writing about The Hillsborough Disaster, the miscarriages of justice,

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  and the bereaved families' campaign for the truth and justice and accountability for almost 30 years now, since 1996.

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  The article was written in 2021 because the families had really exhausted all legal processes.

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  They got the unlawful killing verdict of the inquest jury in 2016,

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  and the jury also found that no behaviour by Liverpool supporters had contributed to the disaster.

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  So it was complete vindication for the families, as it was then,

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  27-year fight and survivors, and everyone connected and associated with Liverpool Football Club.

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  And then there were prosecutions, but the South York Police Officer's charge were acquitted, and that was it.

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  There was no more legal process.

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  Since then,

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  the families have always continued to highlight the fact that they don't believe that justice has been served.

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  Nobody's been held accountable for the terrible circumstances.

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  And as their legacy, they're very much campaigned for what's called Hillsborough Law.

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  And since the article was written, that's developed, and the Labour Government has pledged to introduce it,

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  and that will introduce a legal duty of candour on police forces, police officers, and public servants.

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