Protect and maintain the current rights to trial by jury

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The government is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo

Parliament must protect our current rights to jury trials. They have been part of UK life for over 800 years and are fundamental to a free and open society.

Jury trials provide one of the oldest and most important safeguards of individual liberty.

- They protect ordinary citizens from state power and overreach
- The reflect the judgement, values, common sense and conscience of the community, not those of distant elites and prevent professional bias
- They deter weak or vindictive prosecutions
- They bring a democratic element to the court room
- Where jury trials are abolished, show trials and political persecution follow

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases

Timeline

25 Nov 2025	Petition opened for signatures
31 Dec 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Dec 2025

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