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Problem -> Reaction -> Solution. The UK started arresting people for liking FB posts. Arresting people for what is free speech. Now the UK has scrapped trial by jury for crimes with sentences less than 3 years. Slippery slope folks. When will the people rise up? Oh yeah, they took the guns in the 80's. We all live in what we believe is a Constituional Republic or Democracy. But make no mistake as the noose tightens the mask will come off. The UK has saturated the court system with so many cases involving free speech that they have decreed they can put you in jail for 3 years solely on the order of a judge. Gulag archipelago anyone??? Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent and Tom McArthur Jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years will be scrapped, the justice secretary has announced. The reforms to the justice system include creating "swift courts" under the government's plan to tackle unprecedented delays in the court system. Serious offences including murder, robbery and rape will still go before a jury, and volunteer community magistrates, who deal with the majority of all criminal cases, will take on even more work. David Lammy said the reforms were "bold" but "necessary", but the Conservatives described the plans as the "beginning of the end of jury trials". Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Brian Leveson was asked by the Lord Chancellor to come up with a series of proposals to reduce the backlog in the courts, in a process which began back in December 2024. These proposals included jury-free trials and more out-of-court settlements like cautions. In July, Sir Brian said "fundamental" reforms were needed to "reduce the risk of total system collapse".