{"id":14534,"date":"2025-11-25T10:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=14534"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:44:52","slug":"far-left-uk-govt-wants-to-scrap-most-jury-trials-ending-800-years-of-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/far-left-uk-govt-wants-to-scrap-most-jury-trials-ending-800-years-of-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-Left UK Govt Wants to Scrap Most Jury Trials, Ending 800 Years of Tradition."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think we can all see where this is going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2025\/11\/25\/far-left-uk-govt-wants-to-scrap-most-jury-trials-ending-800-years-of-tradition\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Britain\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Justice Secretary, David Lammy<\/a>, has proposed a major overhaul of criminal trials in England<\/a> and Wales by allowing judges to hear many cases without juries. Under his plan, offences carrying sentences of up to five years would no longer automatically be tried before a jury<\/a>. In a memo, Lammy argued that there is \u201cno right\u201d to a jury trial<\/a> in the United Kingdom and suggested reserving juries for only the gravest offences, including murder, rape, manslaughter, and cases deemed to be of particular public importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal is aimed at addressing the severe backlog in the Crown Courts, where roughly 78,000 cases remain unresolved. Lammy insists that significant changes are needed to speed up the wheels of justice, but the idea has drawn immediate and sharp criticism. Senior legal figures warn the move would represent \u201cthe biggest assault on our system of liberty in 800 years,\u201d with some suggesting that removing juries could pave the way for so-called \u201cStar Chamber\u201d<\/a> justice conducted with reduced transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riel Karmy-Jones KC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, denounced the proposal as \u201ca coordinated campaign against public justice,\u201d arguing that delays in the courts<\/a> stem from years of \u201csystematic underfunding and neglect,\u201d not from the use of juries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debate carries particular weight because trial by jury has been a defining feature of English justice for centuries. Its origins trace back to at least the reforms of Henry II in the 12th century, and its role was strengthened by the Magna Carta<\/a> in 1215, which laid the groundwork for the principle that individuals should be judged by their peers. Although jury rights have evolved over time, the system has remained a central safeguard against state overreach for more than 800 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Justice has stated that no final decisions have been made about the future of juries, but maintains that \u201cbold actions\u201d are necessary to relieve the current crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The controversy comes amid broader concerns about fairness and consistency in the British justice system. Recent guidance instructing courts to prioritise bail<\/a> for ethnic minority defendants, women, and transgenders<\/a> fuelled accusations of a developing \u201ctwo-tier<\/a>\u201d system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneously, pressure on prison capacity, with only a small number<\/a> of cells reportedly available, has intensified scrutiny of who receives custodial sentences. In one high-profile case, a migrant who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl received a community order rather than prison time, while several anti-immigration demonstrators received prison time for as little as social media posts<\/a> or shouting at police<\/a>, sparking debates about sentencing disparities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think we can all see where this is going. https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2025\/11\/25\/far-left-uk-govt-wants-to-scrap-most-jury-trials-ending-800-years-of-tradition\/ Britain\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, and Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has proposed a major overhaul of criminal trials in England and Wales by allowing judges to hear many cases without juries. Under his plan, offences carrying sentences of up to five years would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14536,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534\/revisions\/14536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}