28-11-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com

Juries make baffling, flawed, human decisions. That's why we must keep them | Gaby Hinsliff

David Lammy’s plans for justice on the cheap risk cutting the public out of the legal system – which will only hit confidence even moreSimon Jenkins: David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut caseFor the sake of British justice, something has to give. Everyone knows that the courts are in crisis, that we can’t go on like this. Traumatised victims can’t keep being told that the earliest available date for a trial is 2029, so they&r
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