main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
SNP plans to ban conversion therapy risk criminalising prayer and parental guidance to their children, Scottish solicitors have warned as ministers were threatened with legal action.
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to unfair trials. the law society of scotland has raised serious concerns. it says, a jury will always be far more reflective of scottish society than a singlejudge can be, which greatly reduces the potential for subconscious bias to influence trial outcomes. juries are anonymous whilejudges are not. and the government may struggle to get the pilot off the ground. criminal defence lawyers up and down the country, whether it be through their local bar association or scottish solicitors bar association, will boycott any pilot scheme that is put in place. it is seen to be an affront to justice, a social experiment, and one that we cannot knowingly subject our clients too. the bill would mean other sweeping changes too. the number ofjurors in trials will be reduced from 15 to 12. and the abolition of not proven