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THE COVID EFFECT – We are suffering the same problems as England in this excellent description of the situation. Ultimately, “Detectives, lawyers and judges all know that the longer it takes a trial to be heard, the more likely something is to go wrong.”

Posted byDennis Reeve 22 January 202122 January 2021
The jury at an Old Bailey trial, separated by plastic glass panels
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55712106
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