Rejected petition: Do not limit trial by jury to serious crimes only.
Rejected on
To guarantee the existing provision for trial by jury.
Jury trial is a fundamental and historically long standing British legal right.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.