Source: spiked
by Luke Gittos
“There is a grim irony to David Lammy’s plan to restrict jury trials. This week, the UK justice secretary confirmed that juries would be abolished for all criminal trials where the maximum penalty faced by defendants is less than three years’ jail time. He claims that a court backlog of 80,000 cases, and a consequent delay in bringing matters to trial, had made this necessary. Yet in doing so, Lammy is undermining a significant chunk of his own life’s work.” (12/04/25)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/12/04/lammys-war-on-juries-exposes-the-futility-of-the-echr/