Do not remove trial by jury for most crimes

Do not remove trial by jury for most crimes — 6 signatures. Status: rejected.

Petition background

To ensure fair trials we cannot accept the proposal to remove the requirement for trial by jury for most criminal trials.

Additional details

A trial by jury is critical to ensuring a fair trial, and is one of the key foundations of our judicial system. To remove this for the majority of trials would severely undermine the system and lead to a significant increase in wrongful convictions.

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