{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754245.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":754245,"attributes":{"action":"Do not remove trial by jury","background":"The Justice Secretary announced that trial by jury would be scrapped for crimes with sentences less than 3 years. We want the government to not do this, since it is a threat to democracy and to human rights.","additional_details":"Removing trial by jury would threaten democracy if a government were to come into power that arrests people for simply disagreeing with them. Trial by jury protects the human right of right to a fair trial by introducing unbiased members of the public.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, the reason of the \"backlog\" can be solved by more funding to courts/judges, and should at least have an end date if that were the reason, which is not present in the reforms, which is especially dangerous for the reason above.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":10,"created_at":"2025-12-11T17:26:03.506Z","updated_at":"2026-01-19T10:41:17.146Z","rejected_at":"2026-01-19T10:40:54.810Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-12-11T18:05:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:\r\n\r\nDo not remove trial by jury for certain cases\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}