Trials are key to ensuring that a criminal conviction is fair. In reality, many people in Europe are being convicted of crimes without a trial taking place. When States have too many cases to deal with, often as a result of the ever-increasing reach of criminal law, they resort to trial waiver systems to...Read More

This is a guest post written by Alejandro Gamez Selma of Red Jurídica and one of Fair Trials’ LEAP members, in response to a previous post about popular indictments in Spain, which you can read here. Popular indictments may be the most curious institution in Spanish criminal justice. This institution, in fact, allows any person, to pursue...Read More