# What would happen if every single defendant insisted on going to trial rather than plead guilty?

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> [@md-2000](#):
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> Canada has a limit, IIRC the charges have to carry 5 years or more to have a jury.

We have had this discussion many times in the past and I am getting tired of correcting you.

Any time the police charge someone with an indictable offence, they have a right to a jury trial. Every time. It’s set out in the Criminal Code.

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