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Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years

35 points by piker

by sjducb

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Keir and Lammy want to jail Palestine action and extinction rebellion protestors. Juries keep acquitting peaceful protesters.
Juries are a great safety measure for bad law. This is why they have been vital for the last 600 or so years.

by dfawcus

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They're not gone yet. They have to pass legislation to achieve the scrapping.
So we still have the ability to make our views known. Write to MPs in the first instance. Basically, they need to be informed that this is a bright red line.
However, I suspect it'll take a mass demo in London to really drive the point home.
Only 110k at the UTK rally? I'd hope a demo in opposition to this proposal would completely choke up London.

by Jigsy

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As an anime fan of 20 years who got raided by the British police last February for "uploading/downloading illegal anime artwork on _one of_ the artwork websites we're criminally investigating" (yes, you read that correctly) and is still currently undergoing a police investigation, this absolutely disgusts me.
I demand my trial by jury.

by monsecchris

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by Artoooooor

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I generally don't believe in jury trials. However if some British people have right to them, then all British people should have that right.

by silexia

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The UK has become a totalitarian nightmare. This is what happens when you keep letting government grow and grow without ever pruning it back.

by thomascgalvin

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by jjgreen

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This breach of Magna Carta negates the legitimacy of the Crown, so the people are entitled to remove the King, his heirs and his lickspittle parliament. We could do worse than to follow the example of the French in establishing their republic.