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Trial by movie

Trial by movie

Can a picture palace ever be a palace of justice?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Aug 13, 2020
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Scottish juries will sit in multiplex cinemas to try criminal cases this autumn. Trials will be relayed to them through secure video links and jurors will deliver their verdicts without visiting a courtroom. It’s a radical solution to the need for social distancing among jury members that has so far been rejected by judges in England and Wales.

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