Submitted on Tuesday 25th November 2025
Rejected on Wednesday 31st December 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Maintain the Ancient Magna Carta Right to a Fair Trial by Jury
Removing juries to speed up the backlog trades fairness for administrative convenience. Juries can get it wrong; however, it is the safest piece of machinery that the Criminal Justice System has in order to safeguard against unsafe convictions.
The right to trial by jury, while imperfect, remains the strongest safeguard of fair and impartial justice. It brings together ordinary citizens who have no prior connection to the defendant and tasks them, under judicial direction, with assessing whether the evidence meets the threshold for conviction. Replacing jury trials to tackle court backlogs undermines this safeguard. Faster processing means cases receive less scrutiny, reducing the time and care given to evaluating the evidence.
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Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480
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