Right to a trial could be scrapped as campaigners warn "reducing jury rights will inevitably increase the number of miscarriages of justice"

Those accused of a crime could soon have their right to a fair trial by jury taken away in a new move by the Ministry for Justice (MOJ). The Minister for Courts, Sarah Sackman, told the Guardian that the new move would stop people from “gaming the system.” Due to 80,000 cases, trials by jury […]

By Rachel Charlton-Dailey

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