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'Stand By' for Confusion
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  • Steve Coughlan, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Keywords
  • Charter,
  • Section 7,
  • Principles of Fundamental Justice,
  • Procedural Fairness,
  • Right to Trial by Jury,
  • Retrospective Criminality
Abstract

In June 2019, the Criminal Code jury selection procedures were dramatically changed by Bill C-75, and those changes came into force on September 19, 2019. The elimination of preemptory challenges and changes to challenges for cause will have the most obvious impact, but this article will explore a different issue: the trial judge's ability to have a juror "stand by".

Citation Information
Stephen Coughlan, "'Stand By' for Confusion" (2019) 57 CR (7th) 89.