{
  "id": 11148607,
  "title": "Russia's jury reform draws fire for handing verdicts back to the state",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/russias-jury-reform-draws-fire-for-handing-verdicts-back-to-the-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T08:16:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/01/russias-jury-reform-draws-fire-for-handing-verdicts-back-to-the-state"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court proposals would allow presiding judges to \"clarify\" questions during deliberations and reduce jury panels from six or eight members to four, changes lawyers say undermine the independence of a system that acquits at 60 times the national average in non-jury trials.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}