Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Coroner, Peremptory Challenge, Paul Bernardo
14 Jul 2014
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25 years ago, typical jury in canada were composed entirely of white males: jury pool", typical selection procedure: obtain a list of people in community (e. g voter registration, census, local phone book) randomly select people from pool (e. g 100 people, jury panel" each person on panel is sent a jury summons (court order to appear for jury duty, can be tried or sent to jail if jury order is ignored, don"t have a right to a jury trial if you ignore a jury summons and are sent to jail (can be for up to 5 years) given number and placed in jury room, can"t eat or drink in the room, court official comes in the room and explains duty numbers are randomly selected (12 in criminal trial, 6 in civil trial, if your number is selected you usually" become a juror unless (a) not eligible for jury duty (varies by province) & for ontario, must be.
