PUBLICATIONS
May 1, 2009
Report on Jury Reform
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
Report on Jury Reform
DATE
May 1, 2009
AUTHORS
Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System
YEARS
2009
POLICIES
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
Report on Jury Reform
The Steering Committee created a smaller working group with a mandate to identify the difficulties associated with criminal jury trial procedure, examine the issues, and make recommendations to the Steering Committee for making jury trials more efficient. The members of the Working Group carried out a broad consultation of their respective colleagues, asking them to identify the difficulties they have encountered in their practice and submit proposals for reform. The Working Group’s initiative brought responses from stakeholders in all areas consulted: the judiciary, Crown prosecutors and defence counsel. Most respondents submitted concrete proposals or suggested avenues for reflection on the problems they identified.
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