Juries 'should hear phone taps' to nail crime gangs

[John R T Brazier]

Dear all,

All of my m'learned friends assure me that it's well-known that the
acquittal rate is much higher with juries as compared to magistrates, etc.
Also, such trials are far more expensive.

So of course the state wishes to restrict them!

TTFN

JB
On 13 Sep 2002 at 11:08, Owen Lewis wrote:

> That commonsense may even be the
> greatest strength of the trial by jury system. Sure, its not perfect
> but I'd prefer it to trial by apparatchiks.

I suspect this is something on which most of us would agree.

This does seem to be why the Westminster government is doing its best
to restrict the use of juries even more. Indeed there has been some
propaganda about juries that failed to convict people, even though
they had broken a dubious law.

This may even have a relevance to cryptography, when RIP martyrs get
to court.


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