Jury-Trials-Timeliness-cabinet-material_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 399 KB]
...percent and the number of predicted active jury trial cases by 17 percent by January 2030; 2 Conviction rates are generally lower for jury trials than judge-alone trial cases that involve offending with lower maximum penalties. For example, between 2021-2023, jury trials had on average a 57% conviction rate for offences with a three-year maximum penalty, compared to 66% of offences tried by a judge alone. Conversely, for offences with a maximum penalty of 14 years, approximately 82% of off...