They don't Martine. What has worked for so many years here is no longer the case sadly. Even if, as suggested,  trials took place during a full working day instead of 10 - 4, we'd still not clear the backlog in a timely manner. I'm ambiguous about the situation - it is absolutely disgraceful that  people (especially victims of a crime) have to wait years for justice to be done. As far as juries themselves are concerned far too many people are either too uneducated* or too bigoted to ever be allowed anywhere near a jury room! But would I want a single person (usually male)to judge my  misdemeanor instead? The jury is out as far as I'm concerned. * all their news and views coming from TikTok, X/Twitter and Chat GPT, for example!

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
End of Trial by Jury	07/12/25 17:16:00	Steven Rose
Re:End of Trial by Jury	07/12/25 19:38:00	Michael Brigo
Re:End of Trial by Jury	07/12/25 19:52:00	David Ainsworth
Reply	07/12/25 20:22:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	07/12/25 20:58:00	Steven Rose
Re:Reply	07/12/25 21:33:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Reply	07/12/25 22:07:00	Steven Rose
Reply	07/12/25 22:46:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	08/12/25 11:21:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Reply	09/12/25 11:14:00	Lucille Grant
Re:Re:Reply	09/12/25 11:49:00	David Ainsworth
Re:End of Trial by Jury	09/12/25 12:46:00	Jonathan Callaway
Re:Re:End of Trial by Jury	09/12/25 13:06:00	Jonathan Callaway
Re:Re:End of Trial by Jury	09/12/25 13:14:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:End of Trial by Jury	09/12/25 17:25:00	Steven Rose

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