Sentence examples for lay magistrate from inspiring English sources

He was a failed barrister in his youth and a lay magistrate in his old age.

But those defendants (more than 400,000 last year) who have the right to choose a jury trial will not be eager to entrust their fate to a lay magistrate with increased sentencing powers.

Most of those involved in the charity are themselves donors, like David Hemmings, a former civil servant and lay magistrate, who is now a trustee of Give a Kidney.

In 1994 the local committees that appoint lay magistrates were revised and made more accountable.

In England the appointive system prevails for all levels of judges, including even lay magistrates.

Cases might be decided by a full-time district judge sitting with two lay magistrates.

But in 2015, lay magistrates said he should have indirect contact with his child.

(That is likely to be a reflection of the UK's extensive reliance on lay magistrates).

That means more juries, not fewer; more lay magistrates, not fewer; and more local representatives, not fewer.

So what are the prospects of future contested trials being fairly considered in this context of some malleable lay magistrates apparently being prepared to accede to secret agendas?

Most are dealt with by lay magistrates in local courts, capable of imposing prison sentences of up to two years, or involve guilty pleas.