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Juries Prefer the Good Looking Juries Prefer the Good Looking Study shows juries are more likely to find good looking innocent, volunteer 'jurors' were asked about looks as part of survey into effect of ethnicity 22.03.07 Daily Mail

MPs Pass No-Jury Trials MPs Pass No-Jury Trials The Fraud (Trials Without A Jury) Bill has passed third and final reading in the Commons, now goes to Lords 26.01.07 BBC, Criminal Justice, Fraud

Juries Saved Juries Saved The Government has conceded that it does not have full parliamentary support to remove trial by jury in fraud cases 28.03.06 Law Society Press Release , Fraud

Enron Jury Enron Jury Judge Simeon Lake insists there is no problem selecting jury for trial of ex-Enron execs Lay and Skilling, says it will take one day 30.01.06 NY Times, Enron

Fraud Jurors Fraud Jurors The Bar Council urged the Government to drop its plans to scrap juries in serious fraud cases, as well as its 'mini-jury' alternative of trial by judge with lay assessors 28.11.05 Bar Council Press Release, Fraud

Trial by Jury Trial by Jury The Law Society has urged the Government to drop plans to remove juries in complex fraud cases and to give new criminal procedure rules and the complex case protocol a chance to work 28.11.05 Law Society Press Release, Fraud

Non-Jury Trials Non-Jury Trials Govt to re-consider non-jury trials under threat of block in Lords, progress of Fraud Bill delayed 25.11.05 BBC, Criminal Justice Links, Fraud Links

Fraud Case Juries Fraud Case Juries Government plans to remove juries in complex fraud cases must be opposed say the Law Society, Justice and the Bar Council who are supporting an EDM tabled against the proposals 22.10.05 Law Society Press Release, Fraud Links

Jury Trials Jury Trials Worldcom and Tyco trials show that juries are perfectly capable of coming to decisions in 'complex fraud trials' 05.07.05 Times, Fraud Links

No Jurors No Jurors Goldsmith stands by plan to scrap juries in 'complex fraud cases', head of Bar calls plan 'justice lite', head of Law Society says it is attempt to control costs 22.06.05 Times, Law Society Press Release, Bar Council Press Release, Criminal Justice Links, Fraud Links


Bill for Non-Jury Fraud Trials Published Bill for Non-Jury Fraud Trials Published New legislation to enable the most serious and complex fraud trials to be heard by a judge alone was published today in the Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill 17.11.06 Home Office Press Release, Criminal Justice, Fraud, Queen's Speech 2006

No Jury, Longer Detention No Jury, Longer Detention Law Society sceptical at plans to extend period of detention without charge in terror cases, no evidence of need for change Law Society Press Release Law Society determined to oppose introduction of no-jury trials for 'complex fraud' trials 16.11.06 BBC, Law Society Press Release, Terror, Fraud

AG Statement on R v Rayment AG Statement on R v Rayment The Attorney General (Lord Goldsmith): The Trial Judge in the case of R v Rayment & Others at the Central Criminal Court has discharged the jury, ending the proceedings 24.03.05 Office of the Attorney General, Jubilee Line Fraud

DCA Statement on Heavy Fraud Trials DCA Statement on Heavy Fraud Trials The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, today handed down a new Protocol dealing with the management of complex trials in England and Wales. The aim of the Protocol is to reduce the length of complex trials for fraud and other crimes 23.03.05 DCA Press Release, Fraud, Jubilee Line Fraud

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Witness Coaching Witness Coaching Judge Leonie M. Brinkema has banned key prosecution witnesses from sentencing hearing in case of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, follows coaching of witnesses by lawyer Carla J. Martin 15.03.06 NY Times, Terror

Sion Jenkins Sion Jenkins Third trial of Sion Jenkins for murder of foster daughter Billie-Jo returns not guilty verdict, wife Lois Jenkins 'bad character' testimony of previous violence might have been admitted under CJA 2003 Times Evidence of history of domestic violence 10.02.06 Guardian, Criminal Justice

Monckton Verdict Monckton Verdict Damien Hanson convicted of murder of City financier John Monckton, first trial to take advantage of CJA 2003 allowing previous convictions to be used to establish 'bad character', Bar now taking conciliatory tone on issue 16.12.05 BBC, Criminal Justice








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