Changes to Jury Selection Process on the Way

[Decapoda]

The Liberal government is expected to introduce legislation today aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system, a measure that will make good on its promise to change the way people are selected to sit on juries.

Jury selection reform among Liberals’ expected shakeup of justice system

A number of visibly Indigenous people were excluded from the jury that last month acquitted Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley, 56, in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, 22, a member of the Red Pheasant First Nation.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is tabling a massive bill that will include proposed reforms to the process, as well as other measures aimed at tackling court backlogs plaguing the criminal justice system, including by restricting the use of preliminary inquiries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tasked Wilson-Raybould with reviewing changes to the criminal justice system and sentencing reforms the previous Conservative government brought in as part of its tough-on-crime agenda, including the impact on Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups.

I have a feeling if these changes go through, it will have many unintended consequences that will have every bit as much of a negative impact on indigenous people, as the rest of "non-marginalized" Canadians.

Way to go Justin, impulsively acting without thinking hasn't done you any service up to this point, but why stop now?

 

[OpposingDigit]

Excessive Background Checks Conducted on Prospective Jurors: A Special Investigation Report Order PO-2826
October 05, 2009
https://www.ipc.on.ca/resource/exce...-a-special-investigation-report-order-po-2826

More details about the background check process are in a Dec. 14, 2004, letter sent from the head Crown's office in Barrie, which was disclosed last week to Mr. Lafontaine.

The letter is among the court documents that form the request to reopen the Yumnu appeal. It was written by a secretary on behalf of the senior Crown in Barrie at the time and sent to six OPP detachments in Simcoe County, as well as three other police services.

"Please check the attached jury panel list, for the persons listed in your locality and advise if any of them have criminal records. It would also be helpful if comments could be made concerning any disreputable persons we would not want as a juror. All we can ask is that you do your best considering the lack of information available to us. Please relay the information by telephone," the letter concluded.

The Juries Act requires the list of names to be "under lock and key" until 10 days before a panel of potential jurors is to appear in court. The letter with the "attached jury panel list" was sent to police six weeks before jury selection began for Yumnu and his two co-accused-- more than four weeks before Crown or defence were supposed to be permitted even to look at the jury rolls.

Nearly 1,100 potential jurors in that case were subject to an investigation by police. The documents show notations such as "OK," "possible record" and state if a charge was dismissed against a potential juror. There is no explanation as to what criteria the Crown used to conclude "OK" after a police check.

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in Ontario requires an "institution" to gain consent to disclose personal information, unless it is part of a criminal investigation.

The Mental Health Act and Personal Health Information Protection Act restrict the disclosure of this information to medical personnel involved in treating a patient, unless there is a court order.
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1626697

 

[EagleSmack]

The Liberal government is expected to introduce legislation today aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system, a measure that will make good on its promise to change the way people are selected to sit on juries.

Jury selection reform among Liberals’ expected shakeup of justice system

A number of visibly Indigenous people were excluded from the jury that last month acquitted Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley, 56, in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, 22, a member of the Red Pheasant First Nation.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is tabling a massive bill that will include proposed reforms to the process, as well as other measures aimed at tackling court backlogs plaguing the criminal justice system, including by restricting the use of preliminary inquiries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tasked Wilson-Raybould with reviewing changes to the criminal justice system and sentencing reforms the previous Conservative government brought in as part of its tough-on-crime agenda, including the impact on Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups.

I have a feeling if these changes go through, it will have many unintended consequences that will have every bit as much of a negative impact on indigenous people, as the rest of "non-marginalized" Canadians.

Way to go Justin, impulsively acting without thinking hasn't done you any service up to this point, but why stop now?

Man... Justin is an idiot!

 

[Decapoda]

Man... Justin is an idiot!

Feds table wide-spanning justice bill tackling court delays, jury selection

The bill proposes to amend the Criminal Code to get rid of peremptory challenges of jurors and change the way juries are selected.

I wonder if tater realizes that this razor cuts both ways? I don't think he worries about consequences, only about hastily and loudly signalling his virtue, even at the expense of sabotaging his own intentions.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The Liberal government is expected to introduce legislation today aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system, a measure that will make good on its promise to change the way people are selected to sit on juries.

Jury selection reform among Liberals’ expected shakeup of justice system

A number of visibly Indigenous people were excluded from the jury that last month acquitted Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley, 56, in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, 22, a member of the Red Pheasant First Nation.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is tabling a massive bill that will include proposed reforms to the process, as well as other measures aimed at tackling court backlogs plaguing the criminal justice system, including by restricting the use of preliminary inquiries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tasked Wilson-Raybould with reviewing changes to the criminal justice system and sentencing reforms the previous Conservative government brought in as part of its tough-on-crime agenda, including the impact on Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups.

I have a feeling if these changes go through, it will have many unintended consequences that will have every bit as much of a negative impact on indigenous people, as the rest of "non-marginalized" Canadians.

Way to go Justin, impulsively acting without thinking hasn't done you any service up to this point, but why stop now?

In what way is conducting a review of previous changes "impulsively acting without thinking?"

 

[captain morgan]

Feds table wide-spanning justice bill tackling court delays, jury selection

The bill proposes to amend the Criminal Code to get rid of peremptory challenges of jurors and change the way juries are selected.

I wonder if tater realizes that this razor cuts both ways? I don't think he worries about consequences, only about hastily and loudly signalling his virtue, even at the expense of sabotaging his own intentions.

In this circumstance, a very large percentage of those called simply refused to show up at all.

Maybe first steps are to ensure that participation prior to revamping an entire system

 

[Decapoda]

In what way is conducting a review of previous changes "impulsively acting without thinking?"

It's not, I see nothing wrong with conducting a review of previous changes. My comment was referring to proposed changes to the established jury selection process, which was thrown in as an obvious reaction to the Stanley trial, made with impulsive emotional haste rather than clear, objective perspective.

 

[petros]

In this circumstance, a very large percentage of those called simply refused to show up at all.

Maybe first steps are to ensure that participation prior to revamping an entire system

Rez bus goes to town daily.

 

[taxslave]

Rez bus goes to town daily.

Most probably stops close to the courthouse as well.

 

[OpposingDigit]

I would guess that at least 90 percent of trials are by judge alone and not juries.

The police are deliberately stalling for time and which has a person remanded in custody becoming depressed and earning a severe case of PTSD sitting in pre-trial custody.

Also; perhaps 90 percent of criminals plead guilty rather than go to a trial. The cops want convictions and could give a hoot about how much time a person is sentenced to, unless a convicted person has injured a cop.

Police are laying more charges against a single individual in order to force a guilty plea. The more charges, the longer the court appearances are and the more staff are required for the paperwork and transcripts.

The more charges/convictions which a policeman is involved in, the more great the officers resume and opportunity for promotion. An appearance in TV Land by any officer is just great as a career enhancement.

The reasons why there is an increase in gang activity in prisons is kind of a long story .....

For years and years, gang members have controlled federal prisons.

It was gang members who were given the best jobs inside a prison and the best living conditions as well. The reason for this was because 3 or 4 hundred guards per shift can't possibly control 3 or 5000 convicts. Gang members are even encouraged to run the inmate commissaries and to hold the top positions on Inmate Committees. And are the largest contraband/drug dealers. Motorcycle gang members run all the federal prisons and they are the biggest rats in the system. If they hear a rumour, they report it to management.

However; non gang members ..... simple drug dealers, break and enter convicts resent this Motorcycle gang system of control and choose to form their own associations to protect them from the violent motorcycle gangs.

A never ending vicious circle.