Peremptory Challenges: Judging a Juror by their Jacket
These days, it is hard for any person to make it through childhood without hearing the nearly ancient adage that “you cannot judge a book...
How Reliable are Jury Verdicts Really?
With Canada’s growing multicultural population, it is becoming increasingly important to find solutions to allow for more effective...
Abolition of Peremptory Challenges: A Step Towards Reconciliation
On March 29, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-75, which contains lengthy amendments to the Criminal Code. Bill C-75 intends to...
Juries: Is it Time to Say Goodbye? (a 1L law student perspective)
Are juries problematic, archaic, or possibly even dangerous? I came upon this question while listening to the Real Crime Profile podcast....
Canada's Inscrutable Jury Research: Do Canadian Juries Understand Judicial Charges?
A recent study of US wrongful convictions seems to suggest, that despite over 1889 registered individual and group exonerations, United...
