A SURVEY of Crown Courts revealed that 'soft-touch' juries in East Lancashire were only half as likely to convict criminals as some of the 'hardest juries' in the country.
Burnley and Preston Crown Courts were branded a 'crooks' paradise' with almost six out of 10 petty criminals walking free.
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