Please sign and save our ancient right to not be judged by government politicised legal entities
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In one of the most authoritarian moves this government has taken to date — and that is a very high bar — it is planning to slash our ancient right to trial by jury.
David Lammy claims that curbing this fundamental liberty is the only way to tackle the growing backlog of cases in the Crown Court. Yet there is no credible evidence that weakening the right to a jury trial will solve the problem.
The Government is pressing ahead despite opposition from judges, lawyers, victims of crime, opposition MPs, and even members of its own party.
Trial by jury is one of the cornerstones of our justice system. Once lost, it will be extraordinarily difficult to restore.
Send the Government a clear message: hands off our right to trial by jury.
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