Stephen Lawrence Murder Case

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report of 1999 was a result of the murder of a black man named Stephen Lawrence. The murder took place on the 22nd April 1993 on Well Hall Road, South East London. The murder of Stephen Lawrence quickly became a “Cause Célèbre” otherwise known as a case which attracts a great deal of public attention. The case is also became one of the most high profiled racial killings in the history of the United Kingdom. As a result of Stephen Lawrence’s Murder, the home secretary Jack Straw for a public inquiry conducted by Sir William MacPherson into the death of Stephen Lawrence.
The publication of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report was one of the most significant events in British policing in the last decade (McLaughlin