Petition

Do not remove trial by jury

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Justice Secretary announced that trial by jury would be scrapped for crimes with sentences less than 3 years. We want the government to not do this, since it is a threat to democracy and to human rights.
Removing trial by jury would threaten democracy if a government were to come into power that arrests people for simply disagreeing with them. Trial by jury protects the human right of right to a fair trial by introducing unbiased members of the public.

Additionally, the reason of the "backlog" can be solved by more funding to courts/judges, and should at least have an end date if that were the reason, which is not present in the reforms, which is especially dangerous for the reason above.

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

11 Dec 2025 Petition opened for signatures
19 Jan 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Jan 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Aug 2026.