Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing rape, murder, manslaughter or other cases passing a public interest test.

An internal government briefing, produced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for all other Whitehall departments, confirms plans to create a new tier of jury-less courts in England and Wales.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo

 

Corruption of the judiciary will surely increase multi-fold if judges are enabled as the “only” decision makers