Support exists for other reforms, including further non-custodial schemes, but removal of trial by jury is opposed
More than half of people would prefer offenders to be electronically tagged and serve community sentences instead of being jailed for short periods as calls grow for radical reform to ease the huge backlog of court cases.
A survey published on Sunday also found strong public support for virtual court hearings and for certain crimes to be reported online rather than in person or over the phone.
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