Dec. 2 (UPI) -- British Justice Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday announced that trials in cases likely to carry sentences of fewer than three years in Britain and Wales will not go before a jury.
Lammy, also the deputy prime minister, announced the court reforms that would see the creation of "swift courts" to have judges and magistrates handle such cases, while trials involving more serious crimes such as murder, robbery and rape will still be tried by jury.
On Tuesday, Britain's Labor government claimed the government's new system would process cases a fifth faster than trials empaneled by a jury.
"Victims have waited long enough," Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy posted on X.
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