Jury trials are an ancient Germanic tradition without cultural precedent in most countries. Lee Kuan Yew eliminated jury trials in Singapore because he didn’t believe they were viable in a multi-cultural country: https://www.postcolonialweb.org/Singapore/government/leekuan...
And the UK marches further into authoritarianism
Now they'll fast-track you to jail for social media posts
Jury trials are an ancient Germanic tradition without cultural precedent in most countries. Lee Kuan Yew eliminated jury trials in Singapore because he didn’t believe they were viable in a multi-cultural country: https://www.postcolonialweb.org/Singapore/government/leekuan...
Related:
UK: Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46121736
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