Revisiting Representativeness in the Manitoban Criminal Jury
34 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2017
Date Written: 2015
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate how Canadian courts, and in particular, Manitoba courts have responded to jury representation problems raised in the 1991 report. We also review Ontario cases such as the Iacobucci Report (Ontario 2013) which indicated that the issue of Indigenous representativeness on juries is a significant challenge in Ontario. Given that case law supports the conception of the jury as the conscience of the community, we also endeavour to identify perceptions of representativeness of a population of students who participated in our survey.
Keywords: Jury, Representativeness, Charter, Criminal Law, Indigenous Members
JEL Classification: K14
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