cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/21260
Today, 20 January, the Court of Appeal has substantially eroded the independence of juries, a centuries-old democratic safeguard against the abuse of power, by ruling in favour of a judge who threatened a jury with criminal proceedings if they applied their conscience to a case concerning climate activists.
No indeed, which makes you wonder - why would he say such a thing? Well, he didn’t - the canary has reported this dishonestly. (See my other comment for a fuller explanation)