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A jury trial is an incredibly complex proceeding fraught with twists and turns and unforeseeable problems. Sometimes all it takes is one error to send it off the rails.

Posted bywpengine 30 August 2019

The panel ruled the jury was improperly selected and the entire trial fatally flawed. The only remedy, they ruled, was a new trial

Source: The obscure Canadian law that keeps screwing up high-profile criminal trials

Posted bywpengine30 August 2019Posted inUncategorized

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