{"id":301032,"date":"2025-12-02T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/half-of-jury-trials-to-disappear-under-government-reforms\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:04:53","slug":"half-of-jury-trials-to-disappear-under-government-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/half-of-jury-trials-to-disappear-under-government-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cw6ezRJpUA0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cw6ezRJpUA0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Crimes like burglary and threatening to kill will no longer be tried before juries in England and Wales, under reforms announced today by the Justice Secretary David Lammy. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>He told MPs the rising backlog of criminal cases had reached emergency levels, and the court system was at risk of collapse.  <\/p>\n<p>Barristers warned the changes would bring a &quot;wrecking ball&quot; to a system that had been in place for generations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow 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>Crimes like burglary and threatening to kill will no longer be tried before juries in England and Wales, under reforms announced today by the Justice Secretary David Lammy. 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