ACT:Plan to stop people avoiding juries

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2011
ACT:Plan to stop people avoiding juries

The ACT government is proposing to change its laws .. because it says too many people
are choosing to avoid appearing before a jury.

Attorney-General SIMON CORBELL says at 56 per cent .. the territory has the highest
rate of judge-alone trials in Australia .. with the next highest South Australia at 15
per cent.

The proposed changes will require trials of offences including murder .. manslaughter
and sexual offences to be heard before a jury.

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KEYWORD: JURIES (CANBERRA)

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