Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says

almost 3 years in nationalpost

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed light on the high court’s decision from the bench last October that upheld the constitutionality of legislation scrapping so-called peremptory challenges. Peremptory challenges allowed lawyers […]

Mentioned in this news
Share it on