U.K. Won’t Start Criminal Trials to Last Longer Than Three Days
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The U.K.’s top judge said courts won’t start criminal trials that are scheduled to last longer than three days because of risk from the coronavirus to jurors and other participants.
While some courts are using video links and other technologies to conduct hearings, criminal trials, which involve judges, lawyers, defendants, jurors and other staff, are too much of a risk, Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett said Tuesday in an emailed statement.