Juries

Labour: ‘Wartime juries’ of just SEVEN people should be used to clear courts backlog after Covid

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Labour has called on the size of juries to be cut from 12 people to seven to help clear the backlog of criminal cases waiting to come to court amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The party called on the Government to resort to ‘wartime juries’, as were used during the Second World War when numbers were … Read more

Juries could be reduced in size for first time since WWII

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Lord Burnett. head of judiciary in England and Wales, is considering slashing the number of jurors from 12 to as low as seven to get the justice system going again Juries could be reduced in size for the only time since the Second World War or trials carried out online to maintain social distancing when … Read more