Tag: Defend our Juries
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A legal duty

I went for a walk on Hastings prom today. I went because I’ve always believed in supporting citizens’ right to protest and, living as I do in the town of the Hammerblow women, I believed, for most of my life, that our country supports a citizen’s right to stand up against violent crime. …but it’s…
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Expensive and ineffective?

If you’re beginning to doubt the importance of jury trials, please consider the possibility that you’re being led into error by a government that is pathologically resistant to justice and accountability. Since David Lammy announced the latest step in dismantling our (formerly world-class) justice system, I’ve seen two arguments against jury trials being passed around…