UK jury trials for crimes with sentences under 3 years to be dropped

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https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/uk-jury-trials-for-crimes-with-sentences-under-3-years-to-be-dropped/

The United Kingdom on Tuesday unveiled its reform plans to scrap jury trials for crimes with an expected sentence of less than three years. The measure aims to reduce a “record backlog of cases” in the criminal justice system, which is estimated to rise to 100,000 cases by 2028.

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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Ah yes, the best way to remove the backlog is to get rid of having the community of peers decide. No other way.

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MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Well that’s not fucked. Nothing says we’re going to charge you with 2 years and 364 days for doing whatever the fuck we don’t want you to do. And there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it.

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- HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  even a month would have you losing your job. wtf indeed.
  
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  - MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Exactly. 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.
    
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