History rarely repeats itself, my only sensible advice is to wait a bit until the dust has settled on last Thursday’s debacle ...

The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by jury for some mid-range offences, former justice secretary Jack Straw has said. He branded laws allowing someone on trial to ...

Justice secretary Jack Straw stepped onto a soapbox to pitch for Black Country votes. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did you ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Labour justice secretary Jack Straw (PA Archive) The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by ...