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Scottish ministers should ditch plans for juryless rape trials, say lawyers

Controversial proposals to pilot rape trials without a jury should be ditched, lawyers have said, after a Holyrood committee failed to give its backing to the move. The Law Society of Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to abandon plans to ...

02 Apr 2024 at 12:26

Scotland

End of not proven verdict will be ‘relief’, father of murder victim tells MSPs

The father of a teenager murdered more than three decades ago has told MSPs that scrapping Scotland’s controversial not proven verdict will be a “relief”. Joe Duffy has campaigned for the verdict – which is one of three open to juries in ...

06 Dec 2023 at 12:51

Scotland

Most respondents to not proven consultation back scrapping controversial verdict

The majority of respondents to a Government consultation on the not proven verdict have backed scrapping it. Ahead of last year’s Holyrood election, the SNP pledged to review the current three-verdict system, which allows juries to ...

12 Jul 2022 at 13:27

Scotland

Grasp the nettle and back stand-alone sex offences court, Constance urges MSPs

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has urged MSPs to “grasp the nettle” and back Scottish Government plans to set up a stand-alone court to prosecute sexual offences. The measure has been proposed by SNP ministers in a bid to ...

26 Feb 2025 at 12:58

Scotland

Scrapping not proven verdict will modernise justice system, Constance says

“Historic” legislation that will abolish Scotland’s not proven verdict is about “modernising” the system, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has said. She rejected suggestions the change is being introduced in a bid to drive ...

18 Sept 2025 at 09:56

Scotland

Lawyers voice continued concerns as not proven verdict to be axed from January 1

Lawyers are warning the threshold for securing a conviction will be “significantly less” than it is south of the border when “one of the most significant shifts to Scotland’s criminal justice system in living memory” comes ...

12 Dec 2025 at 14:53

Scotland

Not proven verdict to be abolished as justice reforms come into force

The unique not proven verdict in Scotland’s justice system will be scrapped from New Year’s Day as major reforms come into force. The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act was passed by MSPs earlier this ...

30 Dec 2025 at 10:28

Scotland

Scrapping of not proven verdict a ‘momentous day’, says campaigner

A campaigner against the not proven verdict has said the day it is scrapped will be “momentous”. The change will come into force on New Year’s Day, according to Justice Secretary Angela Constance, bringing to an end ...

30 Dec 2025 at 16:58

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