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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
.....So, in the case of an ordinary criminal prosecution for murder, why would trial by dury be suspended?
While I can see why you are drawing the parrallels you are drawing, I don't think they really stand up to scrutiny. As far as I can see the american defendant may, or may not have killed 4 people in a crime of passion. But I see nothing in the report linked by Flyboy to suggest terrorism.... Ergo, Diplock and Supergrass would not be revived for a trial of his kind in the UK IMHO....
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That changed on
June 18th this year with the approval of the use of trial without jury (a Diplock court by any other definition), notably not for murder.
I wasn't specifically citing the diplock and supergrass systems as anything other than what they were intended but rather I was challenging the assumption that British judicial systems and processes are in any way "better" than other systems when it comes to dealing with certain crimes.