“Trial by Jury remains the best vehicle for determining guilt in major criminal cases. A judge sitting alone or with assessors is bound by the letter of the law; a jury is not. A jury can simply cast aside a legal principle and conclude ‘We don’t care what the law says; this is not fair.’ On another point, those who suggest that some issues in today’s world have become so complex that they would elude a jury’s understanding are aiming at the wrong target. It is within the competence of Counsel of quality to deal with that complexity, and it is their duty to frame the charges and present them in a way that a jury can understand – and, believe me, they will understand.

“Moreover (as I said much earlier) a jury represents the voice of society in matters of supreme importance to all of us. It is a voice that is highly relevant to the criminal trial process, and one, in my opinion, that demands to be heard.”