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- UK trials are taking longer because digital evidence requires extensive witness transcriptions.
- Jeremy Britton, a former BBC courts producer, says juries often lose interest when trials lack live witnesses.
- A juror fell asleep during a trial, prompting calls to engage jurors with facts and to use tablets for jurors.
- Sir Brian's report argues that only retired or unemployed people serve as jurors, reducing representation; The Government has accepted a recommendation that some cases be heard by a judge alone.
