More on jury background checks

By: Law is Cool · July 23, 2009 · Filed Under Criminal Law, Privacy · 1 Comment 

Ontario reveals juries given secret background checks

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Jury vetting alleged in Toronto

By: Pulat Yunusov · July 4, 2009 · Filed Under Criminal Law · 2 Comments 

Background checks on potential jurors in Windsor and Barrie made headlines a few weeks ago. I wrote about them but focused mostly on privacy issues. Now a defence lawyer questions jury selection in a Toronto murder trial. His client was convicted because, according to the lawyer, they “got the wrong jury.”

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