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The Long View

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Jonathan Freedland continues the series which finds the past behind the present.
2: Trial by Jury. As the government proposes radical changes to a system which is regarded by some as a historic and inalienable right,
Freedland looks at Bushell's case, a landmark trial of 1670, which has had a profound effect on i jury trials ever since. Civil rights lawyer Helena Kennedy , actor Michael Maloney , historians Richard Ireland and Paul Robertshore , and deputy chairman of the magistrates association, Rachel Lipscombe , debate the importance of the right to trial by jury.
Producers Virginia Crompton and Hilary Dunn. Repeated at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Helena Kennedy
Unknown:
Michael Maloney
Unknown:
Paul Robertshore
Unknown:
Rachel Lipscombe
Producers:
Virginia Crompton
Producers:
Hilary Dunn.
Source: Radio Times

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