David Lamy: Victims have waited long enough.|Bath uk

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I work in Bath, UK  Tradition itself cannot stand in the way of justice.  We are taking the necessary bold decisions to address the emergency situation in our courts and ensure that justice is served for victims more quickly.Tradition itself cannot stand in the way of justice.  We are taking the necessary bold decisions to address the emergency situation in our courts and ensure that justice is served for victims more quickly.

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00:00تقام RTE oggi يемторов girls hear about 90%

00:03of criminal cases

00:04in fact, only 3%

00:07of trial cases in England and Wales

00:09will ever go before a jury

00:11and almost three quarters of all trials

00:13going to the Crown Court

00:15will continue to be heard

00:16by them

00:17under our changes

00:18First I will create new swift courts

00:20within the Crown Court

00:22with a judge alone

00:23deciding verdicts in tribal

00:26either way cases

00:27with a likely sentence of three years or less.

00:32Sir Brian estimates that they will deliver justice

00:34at least 20% faster than jury trials.

00:38Today I can announce up to £34 million per year

00:42in additional funding for criminal legal aid advocates.

00:47Alongside these changes,

00:48we will increase magistrates' court sentencing powers to 18 months

00:52so they can take a greater proportion of lower-level offending

00:56and relieve pressure on the Crown Court.

00:59We are pulling every possible lever to move in a positive direction

01:04and my ambition for the backlog to start coming down

01:07by the end of this Parliament remains

01:09and I commend this statement to the House.

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