Scotland's 'not proven' verdict to be scrapped in justice reforms

The bill to scrap Scotland's controversial "not proven" verdict and make changes to the nation's justice system has been published.

The Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill also proposes to reduce the size of criminal juries from 15 to 12.

It aims to address a number of issues around serious sexual offences, creating a new specialist sexual offences court.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/scotlands-not-proven-verdict-to-be-scrapped-as-justice-system-reforms-revealed-12866653

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