en-us	冠状病毒：法院必须恢复处理“积压案件”
zh-cn	Coronavirus: Courts must resume dealing with 'backlog of cases'

en-us	加的夫的一位顶级律师警告说，由于冠状病毒大流行期间积压的案件越来越多，受害者正处于“令人痛心的悬而未决”之中。
zh-cn	Victims are being left in "distressing limbo" due to a growing backlog of cases during the coronavirus pandemic, a top Cardiff barrister has warned.

en-us	由于该病毒，英国各地的陪审团审判在3月份暂停。
zh-cn	Jury trials across the UK were halted in March due to the virus.

en-us	克里斯托弗·里斯(Christopher Rees)表示，在英国仍没有“正常运作的司法系统”的情况下，有人在谈论恢复英超足球的措施。
zh-cn	Christopher Rees said there was talk of measures to resume Premiership football when the UK still did not have a "functioning justice system".

en-us	司法部表示，它正在努力“尽快”重启步道。
zh-cn	The Ministry of Justice said it was working to restart trails "as soon as possible".

en-us	首席大法官伯内特勋爵表示，需要采取激进措施来重启步道。在冠状病毒限制期间。
zh-cn	The Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett has said radical measures will be needed to restart trails during the coronavirus restrictions.

en-us	这可能包括将大学演讲厅等建筑改造成法庭，并减少陪审员人数，这是第二次世界大战中使用的一种措施。
zh-cn	This could include turning buildings like university lecture theatre halls into court rooms, and having fewer jurors, a measure used in World War Two.

en-us	官方数据显示，截至2019年底，英格兰和威尔士的未决案件数量已达37434起。
zh-cn	By the end of 2019, the number of outstanding cases in England and Wales had reached 37,434, official figures show.

en-us	威尔士刑事律师协会代表里斯表示，积压是英国政府多年来“资金不足”造成的。
zh-cn	Mr. Rees, a representative of the Criminal Bar Association in Wales, said the backlog was caused by years of UK government "underfunding".

en-us	加的夫Apex Chambers的负责人里斯表示，在听证会暂停之前，加的夫刑事法院每天都会举行七八场审判，
zh-cn	Mr. Rees, head of Apex Chambers in Cardiff, said with seven or eight trials held a day at Cardiff Crown Court before hearings were suspended,

en-us	积压的案件“每天都在增加”，需要采取紧急行动。
zh-cn	the backlog was "growing daily" and urgent action was needed.

en-us	他告诉BBC威尔士的星期日副刊节目：“有很多受害者，很多证人，很多被告，很多家庭和涉案人员，都在等着了解案件的真相。”
zh-cn	"That's a lot of victims, a lot of witnesses, a lot of defendants, a lot of families and those involved, all waiting to find out about cases," he told BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement programme.

en-us	“我们有近30万人在等着了解他们涉及的案件发生了什么，这相当于一个斯旺西那么大的城市。
zh-cn	"We're nearly up to 300,000 people just waiting to find out what's going on with the cases they are involved in, this is the equivalent to a city the size of Swansea.

en-us	这是一个相当可怕的前景。”
zh-cn	That's quite a frightening prospect."

en-us	里斯表示，这种悬而未决的状态将使受害者及其家人“非常痛苦”，特别是在涉及性犯罪、侵害儿童和谋杀的案件中。
zh-cn	Mr Rees said the limbo would be "extremely distressing" for victims and their families, especially in cases involving sexual offences, offences against children and murder.

en-us	陪审团审判至少涉及20人，但往往要多得多，在一个相对有限的法庭上。
zh-cn	Jury trials involve at least 20 people, but often considerably more, in one relatively confined courtroom.

en-us	目前，有12名陪审员在英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰受审，15名在苏格兰受审。
zh-cn	Currently, 12 jurors sit in trials in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 15 in Scotland.

en-us	里斯表示，虽然法院实际上是在开庭，通过视频链接从监狱和监护权诉讼中播放一些听证会，
zh-cn	Mr. Rees said while courts were sitting virtually, streaming some hearings via video link from prisons and custody suits,

en-us	但在如何调整以使审判重新启动和运行方面，需要有更多的紧迫性。
zh-cn	there needed to be more urgency on how to adapt to get trials back up and running.

en-us	他说，有传言说英超足球将在6月份回归，而英格兰和威尔士没有“正常运作的司法系统”。
zh-cn	He said there had been talk of Premiership football returning in June, while England and Wales did not have a "functioning justice system".

en-us	英超赛季：接下来会发生什么？
zh-cn	Premier League season: What should happen next?

en-us	威尔士的2个、地方法院：值班律师的工作令人精疲力竭。
zh-cn	Magistrates' courts in Wales: 'Exhausting' work for duty solicitor

en-us	英国的许多刑事法院都是维多利亚时代的老建筑，不适合在审判期间与社会保持距离，陪审团席位传统上非常小。
zh-cn	Many of the UKs Crown courts are old Victorian buildings and are not suitable for social distancing during trials, with jury boxes traditionally being very small.

en-us	里斯表示，即使是在较老的法庭上，为了恢复审判，一两个法庭也可以容纳陪审员的社会距离，
zh-cn	Mr. Rees said even in older courts one or two court rooms could accommodate social distancing for jurors in order for trials to resume,

en-us	但这意味着需要“一些时间”来处理积压的案件。
zh-cn	but it would mean it would take "some time" to work through the backlog.

en-us	负责英格兰和威尔士刑事司法系统的司法部表示，所有新的陪审团审判都已暂停，以“帮助保护公众”。
zh-cn	The Ministry of Justice, responsible for the criminal justice system in England and Wales, said all new jury trials had been suspended to "help protect the public".

en-us	一位发言人说，一个工作组正在每周开会，考虑如何以及何时重新启动步道是安全的。
zh-cn	A working group is meeting weekly to consider how and when it would be safe to restart trails, a spokesman said.

en-us	一位发言人说：“我们正在与司法机构和其他方面密切合作，以尽快重启审判，
zh-cn	"We are working closely with the judiciary and others to restart trials as soon as possible,

en-us	一个司法委员会其中包括刑事律师协会目前正在评估各种选择。”
zh-cn	and a justice committee which includes the Criminal Bar Association is currently assessing options," a spokesman said.

en-us	“公众可以相信，我们正在尽一切可能保持法院的运转，
zh-cn	"The public can be confident that we are doing everything possible to keep courts running,

en-us	通过大幅增加远程听证会，以及在英格兰和威尔士各地仍在运作的160个优先法院。”
zh-cn	through a significant increase in remote hearings and 160 priority courts still operating across England and Wales."