Aberdeen Bar Association vice president Ian Woodward-Nutt said the Scottish government's 'political meddling is something that we should all be deeply concerned about'.
Aberdeen Bar Association branded the proposals"a danger" and accused the Scottish government of"political meddling".which was proposed last month as part of a new justice reform billFormer senior judge Lord Uist previously described the plans for single judge rape trials as"constitutionally repugnant" and accused ministers of"treating the courts as forensic laboratories in which to experiment with their policies".
The Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill aims to address a number of issues around serious sexual offences, including a bid to scrap the controversial"not proven" verdict. Mr Woodward-Nutt said using juries in the most serious cases means the decision-makers are"protected from public scrutiny and pressure relative to the important decision they have to make".
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