Lawyers Protest Jury Bill

Criminal defence lawyers yesterday appealed to the Commons justice committee to rewrite a cabinet bill restricting jury selection practices. The bill to ban peremptory challenges follows the Attorney General’s complaint over the February 9 verdict in a Saskatchewan murder trial: “We would be doing a very big disservice in our justice system.”

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