Committee pauses HB1070 on prior-conviction evidence; requests study and bifurcation work After extensive debate about jury prejudice and constitutional limits, the Courts committee carried over HB1070 and asked for staff/counsel work and a letter to the Virginia Criminal Justice Council to study a bifurcated-process alternative.

Virginia's Courts committee is taking a closer look at House Bill 1070, which aims to tackle jury bias by changing how prior convictions are presented—could a new bifurcated approach be the solution?

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Is David Lammy persuaded by his own jury trials proposal? Not sure. But he said it anyway | John Crace Investment was not enough to save the courts, said the justice secretary. At least, not the amounts he was prepared to put in

My first thought listening to David Lammy on the Today programme as I cycled to work yesterday, was that this has horrific EDI implications. Glad to read that Diane Abbott called him out on this.

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