PPP Executive member Ralph Ramkarran says the abolition of jury trials should be strongly considered as too many convictions are being overturned on appeal owing to several factors, including inadequate summing up by judges.
Writing in the Weekend Mirror, Ramkarran said this move is necessary to reduce the possibility of guilty offenders escaping justice because of flaws and deficiencies in the justice system.
He said in his article titled ‘Abolish jury trials’ that in recent years,
