Comment on UK jury trials for crimes with sentences under 3 years to be dropped
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 week agoExactly. The government can fuck anyone over and there’s nothing the citizens can do because there’s no jury nullification to hold the government in check for unreasonable laws.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 week ago
and even reasonable laws once jury is out you are now dependent on a sole judge being fair. I mean look at some of the recent supreme court rulings in the us and that is a group of judges. When it comes to judicial decisions the law is more like suggestions.