Resources: links & reading
A pattern of Jury acquittals
- We took direct action against the UK’s racist policies, and a jury acquitted us. Resistance can succeed (Guardian, 16 June 23)
- Extinction Rebellion co-founder cleared of further charge in paint-throwing case (Independent, 21 February 23)
- Insulate Britain activists cleared in court after M4 protest (Bristol Post, 16 January 23)
- What a ‘not guilty’ verdict in Palestine Action’s first crown court case really means (Mondoweiss, 4 January 23)
- Jury acquits five Palestine Action activists who threw paint on London HQ of an Israeli arms firm (Morning Star, 23 November 22)
- The government is undermining the idea of trial by jury after Colston Four verdict (Independent, 20 April 22)
- Juries keep letting Extinction Rebellion off the hook — here’s why (Evening Standard, 8 April 22)
- UK activists keep being acquitted by juries. What does that mean for protest? (Open Democracy, 22 January 22)
- Grant Shapps slams Bristol jury for clearing Colston Four (Daily Mail, 6 January 22)
- Jurors see the bigger picture: activists who were cleared in court (Guardian, 6 January 22)
- Jury acquits Extinction Rebellion protesters despite ‘no defence in law (Guardian, 23 April 21)
- Extinction Rebellion founder cleared of vandalism in landmark case after arguing climate change justification (Independent, 10 May 2019)
The Independence of Juries
- Attorney General’s Office: In defence of the jury trial (gov.uk)
- ‘Not only a right, but a duty’: A history of perverse verdicts (Justice Gap)
- Jury Nullification: The Short History of a Little Understood Power (Midlands Historical Review)
- School syllabus (Penn and Mead)
- History GCSE: The Conventicle Act of 1664 and the Independence of the Jury (BBC)
- Perverting the course of justice? Special report: trial by jury (Guardian, 22 January 2021)
- The Auld Review (September 2001, Juries, paras. 99ff)
- Lawyers For Israel Oppose Conscience (Craig Murray, 20 May 2023)
- Fully Informed Jury Association (US)
- Jury Nullification (Wikipedia)