For hundreds of years, Britons accused of substantial crimes have had the right to be tried by their peers in a court of law. But now as the country grapples with an acute backlog of cases waiting to ...
LONDON — Britain will limit the right of some criminal defendants to a trial by jury — a cornerstone of British justice dating to Magna Carta in 1215 — in a bid to clear dangerously clogged court ...
The British justice secretary, David Lammy, announced the contentious move on Tuesday as part of an attempt to tackle a yearslong backlog in the courts. By Lizzie Dearden and Michael D. Shear ...
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