Vicky Pryce trial: have juries had their day in court?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9885995/Vicky-Pryce-trial-have-juries-had-their-day-in-court.html

An inevitable consequence of social 'dumbing down'? - Probably and reported on the same day as we are told that universities will accept lower 'A' level grades in order to maximise social engineering.
When a meritocracy is replaced by 'special pleading', social decline is guaranteed.