Wouldn't hold your breath on criminal fraud trials.
Despite previous discussion on the subject fraud trials here still have juries. That's despite the fact in some instances the jury may not even understand the evidence. Jurors also become subject to extensive periods on jury duty which on occasions don't down to well.
Example here :
Jury protest forces fraud trial collapse after 2 years.
What is believed to be the longest ever British jury trial collapsed at the Old Bailey yesterday after almost two years in court, when a disgruntled juror went on strike. Other jurors also protested about their hardships.
The abandonment of the corruption trial of seven defendants on the personal decision of the director of public prosecutions and the attorney general may lead to the abolition of juries in long fraud trials, a move that would be bitterly contested.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/mar/23/transport.constitution
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