Editing Jury trial (section)

===South Africa===
The jury system was abolished in [[South Africa]] in 1969 by the Abolition of Juries Act, 1969. The last jury trial to be heard was in the [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|District of Kimberley]]. Some judicial experts had argued that a system of whites-only juries (as was the system at that time) was inherently prejudicial to 'non-white' defendants (the introduction of nonracial juries would have been a political impossibility at that time). More recently it has been argued that, apart from being a racially divided country, South African society was, and still is, characterised by significant class differences and disparities of income and wealth that could make re-introducing the jury system problematic. Arguments for and against the re-introduction of a jury system have been discussed by South African constitutional expert Professor [[Pierre de Vos]] in the article "Do we need a jury system?"<ref>''Constitutionally Speaking'', 9 September 2009 — http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/do-we-need-a-jury-system/ Retrieved 2013-01-08.</ref> On 28 March 2014, the [[Oscar Pistorius]] trial was adjourned due to the illness of one of the two [[Assessor (law)|assessors]] that assist the judge on questions of fact (rather than law), in place of the jury, to reach a verdict.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/pistorius-murder-trial-adjourned-until-april-7/article17715701/ G+M: "Pistorius murder trial adjourned until April 7" (Reuters) 28 Mar 2014] (in print one day later)</ref> The legal system in the UK sees no reason to block extradition on this, as witnessed in the [[Murder of Anni Dewani|Shrien Dewani]] case.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-13226067 |title=Honeymoon murder: Timeline of events for Shrien Dewani - BBC News |work=BBC News |date=3 May 2011 |access-date=2015-06-13}}</ref>