Britain Considers Limiting Jury Trials to Address Court System Challenges
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The UK government plans to eliminate jury trials for crimes with sentences under three years to address court delays, while maintaining jury trials for serious offenses like murder and rape. The reforms include expanding magistrates' powers and creating swift courts, aiming to reduce case backlog and trial delays, though they face criticism from legal professionals and civil rights advocates.
- Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years BBC
- Right to Jury Trial in England and Wales to Be Restricted in Some Cases The New York Times
- Britain plans to curb jury trials to tackle court crisis Reuters
- David Lammy: ‘I don’t want to scrap juries. This is about saving them’ The Times
- Is David Lammy persuaded by his own jury trials proposal? Not sure. But he said it anyway | John Crace The Guardian
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