Labour-Abgeordnete empören sich über den „Wahnsinn“ der Pläne zur Abschaffung der Geschworenen
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/18/jury-scrapping-plans-are-madness-labour-mps-tell-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Von topotaul
Labour-Abgeordnete empören sich über den „Wahnsinn“ der Pläne zur Abschaffung der Geschworenen
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/18/jury-scrapping-plans-are-madness-labour-mps-tell-starmer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Von topotaul
7 Kommentare
good, this seems a step to far, it seems if you have trial by Jury then thats a right you should keep for all.
It is the job of MP’s to keep the cabinet and ministers accountable to the population, and I’ve yet to meet anyone in my pretty left-leaning friendship group who things this is a *good* thing, so their just doing what we pay them for in my book.
I voted labour. But regardless of what side of the fence you are on on such matters it is clear that the party do not have the internal cohesion to form a workable government. The executive currently has not ability to implement government policy and in some cases relying on the opposition to back legislation due to their own parties infighting. Labour really need to pull themselves together.
Scrapping just trials for sentences under 3 years seems excessive. It’s also a typical labour „tone deaf“ announcement, almost designed to self sabotage.
I can understand expanding the role of magistrates and maybe looking to expand the time period they can sentence people to could be viable, but 3 years is far too much.
If anything, we need specialist juries for certain things like financial crime, or medical malpractice.
Short sighted and does a disservice to victims of crime, there is no other workable policy to reduce the backlog.
Some serious crimes aren’t getting court dates until 2031. Are people aware of this?
I’m yet to make up my mind on whether or not this is a good thing. I do understand however that this will be effective in reducing the backlog as a lot of defendants will now likely be advised by their legal counsel to plead rather than go before a judge.