Submitted on Thursday 25th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 7th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep Jury Trials - do not suspend them as proposed.
Do not pass legislation to remove jury trials as proposed.
(This is being proposed to reduce backlog)
Simon Davis, Law Society president said “that to interfere with such a bedrock of the criminal justice system was an extreme measure that required extreme justification.”
I think this will disproportionately affect minorities who are not represented in the judiciary
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/legislation-to-abolish-some-jury-trials-could-be-passed-within-weeks/5104739.article
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