{"id":299044,"date":"2025-11-25T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jury-trials-could-be-scrapped-except-in-most-serious-criminal-offences\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:05:00","slug":"jury-trials-could-be-scrapped-except-in-most-serious-criminal-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jury-trials-could-be-scrapped-except-in-most-serious-criminal-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious criminal offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/HSQv2j1QkK8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious criminal offences\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HSQv2j1QkK8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter could be scrapped under new plans proposed by Justice Secretary, David Lammy.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Lesser offences would instead be tried by judges sitting on their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo final decisions have been made\u201d according to a government spokesperson who added \u201cbold action\u201d is necessary to address the growing backlog of criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter could be scrapped under new plans proposed by Justice Secretary, David Lammy. 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