We are supporting Appeal’s campaign, Doubt Dismissed, launched on 8th May 2024.
In short, their recommendations are:
Reinstating unanimity of jury verdicts.
Amend section 8 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, to allow researchers to conduct studies of real juries in real cases.
Crown Courts to capture and to record detailed data on majority verdicts and juries and appeal bodies (namely the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission) to record data on verdict type.