The Trial

Should Jury Trials Be Scrapped?

Dec 1, 2025 · 42 min · 60.7 MBBonus
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Should juries be scrapped? In this special bonus episode Caroline and Liz investigate leaked plans from the justice secretary to abolish jury trials for the majority of cases. It would be a fundamental change to our justice system. And it’s not gone down well.

The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript.


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