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Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it's hard to get a fair trial remotely

  • Written by Meredith Rossner, Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it's hard to get a fair trial remotelyErin Nealey/Flickr

In the past, the courts were ideal breeding grounds for spreading disease. In what became known as the “Black Assize”, a deadly fever that swept through prisons and courts in England in 1586, 11 of 12 jurors in one trial died. So did a number of judges and constables.

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