London mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in seconds
  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    His own party will still continue with abolishing jury trials, despite him being affected by the disastrous single justice procedure

    • Womble@piefed.worldEnglish
      3·
      19 hours ago

      Do you really think that a jury should be convened for the matter of a £220 fine?

      • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Definitely sounds better than whoever came up with this

        a system of “conveyor-belt justice”, in which magistrates decide on hundreds of cases a day, sometimes spending less than a minute on each

      • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Absolutely. If the matter isn’t worth convening a jury for, it clearly isn’t important enough to be in court at all.