Rejected petition Keep Jury Trials - do not suspend them as proposed.

Do not pass legislation to remove jury trials as proposed.
(This is being proposed to reduce backlog)

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Simon Davis, Law Society president said “that to interfere with such a bedrock of the criminal justice system was an extreme measure that required extreme justification.”

I think this will disproportionately affect minorities who are not represented in the judiciary
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/legislation-to-abolish-some-jury-trials-could-be-passed-within-weeks/5104739.article

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/329154

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Date submitted 25 June 2020
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