Mr Straw, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair and Justice Secretary in Gordon Brown’s government, first proposed the radical change while in government. But it was torpedoed by a ...

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Labour grandee Jack Straw has called for thousands of defendants each year to be stripped of their right to elect a jury trial. Mr Straw, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair and Justice ...

Jack Straw has said. Mr Straw, one of Labour’s most senior politicians, and a former home, foreign and justice secretary, said the right was a “ridiculous anomaly”. He said it enabled ...

Labour grandee Jack Straw has called for thousands of defendants each year to be stripped of their right to elect a jury trial. Mr Straw, who served as Home Secretary under Tony Blair and Justice ...

The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by jury for some mid-range offences, former justice secretary Jack Straw has said. He branded laws allowing someone on trial to ...

The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by jury for some mid-range offences, former justice secretary Jack Straw has said. He branded laws allowing someone on trial to ...

Archbishop of York acknowledges scale of task to restore trust in the Church, post Makin ...

Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw claimed it was a ‘ridiculous anomaly’ that some defendants can demand their cases be heard in crown courts rather than more quickly in front of magistrates.

Brooklyn: Jalen Hurts is now a Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP. Let that sink in. After years of perseverance, ...