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What do the Liberal Democrats make of the ending of jury trials other than for the most serious of cases such as murder, rape and manslaughter
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David Lammy speaking to the media and also writing in The Telegraph today talking about the Magna Carta of 1215 which lays out the justification for jury trials
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He says courts cannot cling on to jury trials for the sake of tradition. What do you make of those comments from the Justice Secretary
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Well, I think jury trials are a cornerstone of any democracy and it's really, really concerning that in order to solve a broken and chaotic justice system
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which is broken from beginning to end, that removing the fundamental rights of British citizens to trial by their peers is the answer to that
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And David Lammy was very, very critical of the removal of trial by jury when he was in opposition
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So this about-face is quite surprising to see
