Comment on Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry

als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not entirely. There currently are lots of “either way” offences that the defendant can choose to go to magistrates or a jury trial for, those will all now be up to a single magistrate. This includes many offences often used for protest, such as criminal damage.

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