PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Do not remove trial by jury for most crimes
To ensure fair trials we cannot accept the proposal to remove the requirement for trial by jury for most criminal trials.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
6
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 6/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 6/100,000
Background
A trial by jury is critical to ensuring a fair trial, and is one of the key foundations of our judicial system.
To remove this for the majority of trials would severely undermine the system and lead to a significant increase in wrongful convictions.