Jurors Are Upending The Legal System By Using Their Conscience | Max Hill KC

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“We can’t have an entire system being run on the assumption that in hundreds or thousands of cases that jurors will be routinely invited to acquit out of conscience.” Jurors being invited to “upend the system” and let individuals on trial go is unsustainable, says former director of public prosecutions Max Hill KC. Max Hill KC was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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