Jury Trials Are Vital To The Constitutional Order

Jury Trials Are Vital To The Constitutional Order Authored by David Thunder via 'The Freedom Blog' substack, The Labour-led British government is currently attempting to hollow out an ancient pillar of English constitutionalism, trial by jury. Under their planned reforms, trial by jury would survive in England and Wales for certain types of crimes, but its use would be significantly curtailed. For example, according to a government press release issued earlier this month, new “Swift Courts” will assign cases “with a likely sentence of three years or less” to be heard by “a Judge...