Juries must be allowed to follow their conscience In 1670 a group of jurors who defied a judge helped establish the independence of the jury – but the Palestine Action trials suggest that is now under threat

No juries = No justice! Today The Jury Alliance went to over 40 courts across England and Wales to speak to the public about the attack on juries. Legal professionals, court staff, and passers by were supportive and also opposed to these draconian changes.

Protest at Carlisle Court as ministers plan to cut juries "Cutting trials by jury, and replacing them with a single judge, will not cut the backlog of trials, but it will undermine true justice”

Deborah Hinton, a former magistrate, thinks removal of juries is a step towards authoritarianism. "How they decide before the case has even got to the courts who's going to be getting a sentence of less than three years - your guess is as good as mine."

I’m proud to have joined House Republicans in passing the Cashless Bail Reporting Act to expose jurisdictions that quickly release violent offenders based on irresponsible cashless bail policies while they await trial. Families across Florida’s 7th District deserve to know if soft-on-crime policies in their communities, or places they travel, are putting dangerous criminals back on the streets before trial. I’ll always stand with law enforcement, victims, and the safety of our communities over reckless policies that put criminals first.

Insane stat of the day: In the last year alone there have been 18,000 criminal illegal aliens released from prisons in sanctuary jurisdictions. 18,000! We must address this issue in reconciliation Time for us to get serious about this problem.

‘It’s an inalienable right’: York campaigners fight for jury trials Today’s protest was organised by the Jury Alliance. It argues that juries “protect us from unfair prosecutions, biased judges, political interference and state overreach”.