Irwin: This is the tricky one.
这个问题比较棘手
The effect of the bill will be to abolish trial by jury in at least half the cases
这个法案会使至少一半以上的案子不用再上法庭审判
that currently come before the courts and will therefore to a significant extent
削弱了陪审团制度
abolish the presumption of innocence.
从而在某种程度上抛弃了无罪推定的做法
Our strategy should therefore be to insist that this bill does not diminish the liberty of the subject but amplifies it;
that the true liberty of the subject consists in the freedom to walk the streets unmolested etc., etc.,
secure in the knowledge that if a crime is committed it will be promptly and sufficiently punished