Although the Government has shelved its plan to abolish most jury trials, it still intends to double the sentencing power of magistrates to two years, to introduce judge-only trials in “lengthy and technical” fraud cases, and to abolish the right to elect trial by jury in either-way cases, thereby greatly restricting access to legal aid. It is not clear whether or not the Government still intended to abolish the automatic right of appeal from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court. Every one of those measures must be resisted without compromise.
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