Defend Our Juries
@DefendOurJuries
Jurors have a right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience, irrespective of a Judge’s directions. Every defendant deserves access to fair justice.
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84 year old Reverend Sue Parfitt arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for giving speech outside New Scotland Yard on the anniversary of the proscription of Palestine Action.
Stood on a soap box, Sue explained her motivation.
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The Government call it modernisation, we call it gagging justice!
Instead of improving accessibility, they are scrapping the part of court that protects us all, victim or accused.
Great to see today's actions across the country on @itvnews #DefendOurJuries# #JusticeNeedsJuries#
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The Courts and Tribunals Bill will see a single judge replace a jury for cases where a prison sentence of three years or less is expected.
“After 800 years of Trial by Jury, the government is dismantling this cornerstone of the British justice system”
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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”
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‘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”.
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Campaigners gather at Nottingham Crown Court over jury trial reforms
“I worked as a probation officer for 35 years, and I’m alarmed at the very real prospect of people being denied the right to a fair trial.”
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Truro Crown Court protest against plans by Government to scrap jury trials
Jury trials have been in use in England for 800 years. 'It is almost unbelievable that we should have come to this at a time when our freedoms are already under threat.'
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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."
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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.
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Can't be much clearer than this from @TheCriminalBar 👏
These changes will impact everyone whether in your life you end up a victim or accused #JusticeNeedsJuries#.
Where is the coverage?! Today we supported action outside over 40 courts to raise our voices in defence of juries.
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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
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Yvette Cooper was told Palestine Action article might prejudice trial – but she ‘went ahead anyway’
Diane, teacher and grandmother, shares why she's defending juries today as a key part of the British justice system that we can be proud of as a nation.
Nottingham out in force to defend our juries today!
Campaigners outside crown court for a national day of action said: NO JURIES = NO JUSTICE!
While @NadiaWhittomeMP wrote in @LeftLion explaining why juries are a safeguard for all of us against a concentration of power.
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BREAKING: A blind man using a mobility cane is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
