Understanding the Jury System: A Judge’s Viewpoint

A sitting judge says:
Sir Stephen Mitchell is correct when he says that the restriction of jury trials will fail to cut the staggering backlog of crown court cases (“Judges are being silenced on vandalism of curbing jury trials”, Apr 26).
Joanna Korner KC
The Hague, Netherlands pic.twitter.com/yCXRqT8Vm0

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