In 2025, English and Welsh magistrates courts received almost 1.5 million cases.
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By autumn 2025 the Crown Court backlog had reached nearly 80,000 outstanding cases.
Juries now decide only a tiny share of civil and criminal trials in the US – and that hurts democracy.
Rather than expressions of remorse, evidence of integrity should mitigate protester sentences.
In the age of social media and evolving expert evidence, judge-only trials have become more popular. But there are simple things that can be done to improve and safeguard trials by jury.
Trudi Warner was initially accused of contempt of court for holding a sign outside the trial of a climate protester.
In criminal trials, a majority of jurors make up their minds about a case after hearing the opening arguments from lawyers.
The number of prospective jurors saying they can’t be fair to Trump because of who he is does not bode well for the defendant, a legal expert observes,
Trump’s lawyers, and those prosecuting him, aren’t the only ones grappling with the problem of finding unbiased jurors in the age of social media.
Trump has not been silenced. The limits on his speech protect fundamental rights − including his right to a fair trial by an unbiased jury and the public’s right to a working justice system.
Neither jurors nor judges can be relied upon to put aside their incorrect beliefs about rape. What’s the answer?
Racial bias likely played a role in the Gerald Stanley case. This article explains how racial dynamics and process failures enabled systemic racism to play a part in Stanley’s acquittal.
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