PoliticsRussia's jury reform draws fire for handing verdicts back to the state

Russia’s Supreme Court has proposed allowing presiding judges to “clarify” questions during jury deliberations and cutting jury panels from six or eight members to four. Lawyers say the changes would weaken the system’s independence, noting that it acquits defendants at 60 times the national average for non-jury trials.

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