UK Government's Jury Trial Restrictions Questioned: Prioritization Over Rights Reduction Suggested
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Summary
A critique of the UK government's argument for limiting the right to a jury trial due to court backlogs. The author questions the logic, suggesting that instead of removing jury rights for minor crimes, the government should prioritize serious violent crimes at the front of the queue and take sentencing more seriously.
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Why not prioritise?
Presumably the minor crimes we don't really need a jury for aren't those cases, right? So why would getting them done more quickly help?
As opposed to, say, moving violent crimes to the front of the queue.
Or, say, taking them seriously at sentencing time.
If the argument for limiting the right to a jury trial being made now by the UK government is: there's a backlog of cases of horrible crimes with victims left suffering until their victimisers can face justice...
Why not prioritise?
Presumably the minor
