{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English ","title":"#612 | Should Britain Abolish Jury Trials?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7b0325e6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1424,"description":"Who should decide if you are guilty: the state, or a group of 12 ordinary citizens? \nEngland is now considering getting rid of jury trials for thousands of cases. It would be the biggest change to the justice system since the Middle Ages. \n\n\nCrown Court backlog: years-long waits for trials.\nGovernment bill to limit juries for mid-level offences.\nSerious crimes still keep juries: murder, rape, terrorism.\nLegal community warns against losing a key safeguard.\nHow jury trials work in England and Wales.\nEngland uses juries; Europe uses judge-led trials.\nHistory: Athens, Assize of Clarendon, Magna Carta.\nPurpose of juries: legitimacy, independence, protect against state power.\nJury nullification shown: Penn, Ponting, Bristol Colston statue.\nDebate: efficiency versus rights, slippery slope concerns.\n\n\n\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/jury-trials","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}