Campaigners for justice reform have spoken out on their delight after MSPs finally voted to abolish Scotland's controversial not proven verdict.

Scotland was the only country in the world where juries could decide to find someone guilty, not guilty, or not proven, but jurors will no longer have a not proven option when it comes to deciding the fate of the accused at criminal trials.

The latter verdict has been criticised by campaigners who claim it is confusing and gives juries a “get-out,” letting the guilty go free, reports The Daily Record.

But it has now been scrapped under the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill, which cleared its final hurdle at Holyrood on Wednesday, September 17, thanks to support from SNP, Green and Lib Dem MSPs.

Joe Duffy, who has been campaignin

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