“Successive studies have shown,” Lammy wrote, “that juries deliver equitable results, regardless of the ethnic makeup of the jury, or of the defendant.” He now seems to believe that anti-racism is a luxury Britain can no longer afford.
The makeup of juries has been a contentious issue – in the UK and many other jurisdictions – for centuries. In many ways, it’s the whole point. The jury is the counterweight to the appalling lack of diversity in the rest of the justice system, and this is clear from the measurable outcomes.
