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The crimes now most likely to be decided without a jury
The government has announced the right to a jury trial will be limited to only those facing a likely sentence of more than three years.
The plans include creating "swift courts" where cases under this threshold will be heard by a judge alone, to reduce the time taken for trials and help to reduce court backlogs. Analysis by Sky News finds that sentencing outcomes for most convictions currently made by juries fell under the proposed threshold of three years in the latest year to June 2025.
Three in four (74%) of those convicted at a crown court received either a noncustodial sentence or jail time not exceeding three years, when excluding the "most serious" offences outlined by the justice secretary. Exceptions will be made for the most serious offences, including "rape, murder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, robbery, and arson with intent to kill.
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