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BBC NEWS | UK | First trial without jury approved
Dangerous, knowing our Govt. this will become common.
I don't like this at all, what the heck is going on with our system.
Does anyone even know who our law lords are and we are supposed to trust them :roll:
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a criminal trial can take place at Crown Court without a jury for the first time in England and Wales.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, made legal history by agreeing to allow the trial to be heard by a judge alone.
But Liberty director of policy Isabella Sankey said: "This is a dangerous precedent.
"The right to jury trial isn't just a hallowed principle but a practice that ensures that one class of people don't sit in judgement over another and the public have confidence in an open and representative justice system.
"What signal do we send to witnesses if the police can't even protect juries?"
Dangerous, knowing our Govt. this will become common.
I don't like this at all, what the heck is going on with our system.
Does anyone even know who our law lords are and we are supposed to trust them :roll:
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