Juries keep letting Extinction Rebellion off the hook — here’s why

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Juries keep letting Extinction Rebellion off the hook — here’s why
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David Lambert: 'We knew that if we caused more than five thousand pounds worth of damage we would have the opportunity to put our case to 12 random Londoners'

Before our trial began, the judge was clear he was likely to rule we had no defence. To give ourselves the best chance, we did something that might seem surprising. We sacked our lawyers. By self-representing we were able to address the jury ourselves from the lawyers’ benches, rather than through barristers while sitting in the dock.

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