MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul (www.theguardian.com)

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Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Surely the solution is more funding, steadily chugging through the backlog, and ensuring sufficient funding going forward to prevent this.

Or, ya know, attempting to prosecute fewer people to begin with.

(Maybe start with not persecuting anti-genocide and climate activists for their speech, hint hint)

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