Maximizing case management powers may offer a less radical alternative to initiatives aimed at limiting the right to a jury trial. |
The latest proposal to undercut the fundamental democratic institution of the jury trial came from an unelected legal laywoman. |
In January 2013, the TRN group filed a second complaint in the Dial Global suit, demanding a jury trial. |
That means in relation to rape, which would be an indictable offence, no guarantee of jury trial. |
At the court of first instance level, the cost to the parties of a jury trial is probably not much different from a bench trial. |
Criminal defendants have no right to court appointment of an attorney and no right to a jury trial. |