Most of Asia's common law jurisdictions (countries such as Singapore, Pakistan and Malaysia) have also abolished jury trials, ...

Here is how a trial could work without a jury. An option could be to give Magistrates Courts the powers to hand custodial sentences of more than one year, as is the current limit.

After an intense two-month trial, American rap star and music mogul Sean Diddy Combs heaved a sigh of relief after he was ...