Australia’s legal system leaves juries stranded in a time warp – the world has moved on | Richard Ackland
Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial has highlighted the fragility of juries as courts ineffectively try to eliminate the risk of pre-judgment
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If you wanted to design a criminal trial system that was expensive, long-winded and capable of delivering indeterminate results, then ideally it should require a jury of 12 true citizens.
The jury in its early days was a genuflection towards the democratic ideal – for the fate of alleged offenders to be determined by their peers.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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