Labour’s attack on the right to a jury trial is a lazy, hypocritical bid to cut the court backlog on the cheap, says Echo crime and investigations reporter Charles Thomson.
The Labour government has announced plans for many trials to be held by judges without juries, blaming a backlog of more than 80,000 unheard cases. The proposal has caused shock and alarm, as much for its hypocrisy as its potentially devastating impact on the rights of British citizens.
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