David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut case | Simon Jenkins

Barristers and criminals may not like the idea, but it’s key to reforming Britain’s antiquated and overloaded justice system

Gaby Hinsliff: Jury trials are flawed and unwieldy – but vital for justice being seen to be done

Juries are an archaic and inefficient feature of Britain’s collapsing justice system. They survive only in some English-speaking countries as quaint relics of medieval jurisprudence. They deserve dispatch to the world of ducking, flogging, drawing and quartering.

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