The government is considering dropping juries for certain criminal cases in an attempt to reduce court backlogs. Will this move undermine British justice?
In this bumper episode, host Tamara Kormornick speaks to a vocal opponent to the plans, Geoffrey Roberts KC, former judge and founder of Doughty Street Chambers, where Keir Starmer, David Lammy and Attorney General Richard Herman have all practised. She also hears from criminal barrister and Vice Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, Andrew Thomas KC, who both prosecutes and defends for the Crown, for his view on whether the British justice system needs as many juries.
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