To clear huge court backlog, U.K. aims to scrap jury trials for some crimes
- Posted on December 3, 2025
- By Washington Post
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To clear huge court backlog, U.K. aims to scrap jury trials for some crimes
The plan to forgo jury trials for defendants charged with lower-level crimes is aimed at easing an 80,000-case backlog in a court system booked as far out as 2030.
