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Since peremptory challenges to a jury panel have been eliminated it looks like we are going to move more towards the U.S. model of examining and screening each and every prospective juror.

Posted bywpengine 16 June 2020

Judges have generally been reluctant to expand the scope of questioning of jurors.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/06/15/asking-prospective-jurors-are-you-racist-doesnt-cut-it-when-trying-to-detect-bias-in-the-courtroom-experts-say.html?fbclid=IwAR3wDJPWfKTZNOe382hrnM8_Ar2KJqfIch6sxLkOhFsFHJ1JO-0CpGp2b44

 

Posted bywpengine16 June 2020Posted inUncategorized

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