‘By the lawful judgement of his peers’
What being a juror this month in London taught me
This story first appeared on biblonia.com on 7 June 2021.
No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.
Magna Carta, clause 39
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been sitting as a juror in a criminal trial in Lon…