Jury Selection

• Jury chosen in sex assault trial of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard

  The trial was initially set to begin in January 2021 but it was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Entertainment

  May 4, 2022
  
• Ahmaud Arbery trial: Jury selection challenged by small town connections

  As jury selection drags into its second week in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery's murder, the difficulties of prosecuting a major case in a small town is becoming clear.

  World

  Oct 28, 2021
  
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• Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of change to jury selection process

  Peremptory challenges are a mechanism that allowed lawyers for either side to dismiss a certain number of prospective jurors without an explanation.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2020
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• Toronto convention centre to be backup location for jury selection

  Some prospective jurors will be summoned to a downtown Toronto convention centre as the province resumes jury selection following a six-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2020
• Jury selection begins in trial of Toronto man accused in Tess Richey death

  Kalen Schlatter is charged with first-degree murder in the November 2017 death of Tess Richey.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2020
• Ontario appeal court rules some changes to jury selection process were misapplied in 1st-degree murder case

  The appeal was launched by Pardeep Singh Chouhan, whose first-degree murder trial had reached the jury selection phase on the same day the changes laid out in the legislation came into force.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• Ontario court upholds changes to jury selection brought in as part of sweeping legal reforms

  The government moved to amend the jury selection process following the controversial acquittal of Gerald Stanley.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2019
• Trial begins for Quebec man charged with killing wife suffering from Alzheimer’s

  The impact of Alzheimer's was front and centre at the opening of the trial Monday of a Quebec man charged with killing his wife.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019
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• Jury trial avoided for serial arsonist in Vernon

  A man accused of setting a string of arsons has pleaded guilty to some of the charges.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2018
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• Edmonton judge cancels jury selection as accused ‘paper terrorist’ calls proceedings a fraud

  An Alberta man charged with paper terrorism was so disruptive and argumentative during jury selection on Thursday morning that the judge has decided his case will be seen by a judge alone when it goes to trial Monday.

  Crime

  Apr 5, 2018