Gerald Stanley Trial

[fishermccann]

Yes, JP. an all white jury, in a place that has 40% minorities. How is that working out for you?........ ' To Kill A Mockingbird'.

[poltrojan]

my problem is JP being involved; it should be left to the Crown and judicial system. he's creating it as his own political show, he himself is not above the law

[rick_iles]

Bluebulldog that is exactly what I read about this case that he stuck to the gun going off accidentally and that is what the jury had to determine, if he was correct or not. tough call either way that is for sure and very unfortunate incident.

It’s very easy for someone to stick to the “truth”.......lies and deception, not so much! The defence must have had an easy time of discrediting crown witnesses.

[Dythbringer]

The defence must have had an easy time of discrediting crown witnesses.

Not too hard when their story keeps changing.

[Bluebulldog]

Yes, JP. an all white jury, in a place that has 40% minorities. How is that working out for you?........ ' To Kill A Mockingbird'.

Based on what exactly?

You know this was Biggar Saskatchewan right?

https://townfolio.co/sk/biggar/demographics

[mosquito]

"Half of prospective Boushie jurors were Aboriginal, says member of jury pool"


The defense challenged (made illegible) any white male, about half of the aboriginal population asked to get let out and were and another bunch were openly hostile...
“You could audibly hear some of them talking amongst themselves, discussing how they were going to hang Stanley, or they were going to make sure he gets hung, or that if they don’t get the results they want, that they were going to handle it themselves,”

“The thing that was the most shocking to me was the fact that they were so audible from where I was sitting (across the room) and there were police scattered throughout the room. No one stopped them.”
http://torontosun.com/news/national/...r-of-jury-pool


The whole Indian act and reserve system needs to be thrown back into the 19th century where it belong right beside apartheid and segregation but the Lib's always love the us vs them to get votes. Sadly some in the system like the handouts and power it gives them over the rest of the reserve (there are some very good chiefs just to be clear) but those that need the most help get none it seems. When you see people being kicked off reserves because they don't have enough of the right race and people exploiting it for hatred, hundreds of millions yet people in terrible poverty or boil water... it is time to go... but who will have enough backbone to stand up to the 6+ billion dollar industry is the next question.

[terrym]

Castro failed to deliver on his campaign promises to first nations. This case is like a lottery win for him. He can now pretend to care and dupe them into voting liberal again next time. I'm no constitutional scholar but the claims being made about changing jury selection procedures seem like something that wouldn't make it past the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Where is Welsh when we need him.....

[trimmer21]

Yes, JP. an all white jury, in a place that has 40% minorities. How is that working out for you?........ ' To Kill A Mockingbird'.

So,are you suggesting the jury should have been stacked with hostile jurors to guarantee a conviction? Yeah,we'll set up a jury,give him a fair trial,then,we'll hang 'em. Welcome to the Banana Republic of Canada.

[Dythbringer]

So,are you suggesting the jury should have been stacked with hostile jurors to guarantee a conviction? Yeah,we'll set up a jury,give him a fair trial,then,we'll hang 'em. Welcome to the Banana Republic of Canada.

Funny, isn't that what Trudeau and Singh have suggested by getting rid of peremptory challenges.

I don't think the people who want to change the challenges have thought that the pendulum will swing both ways and a jury can be stacked with people who have unreasonable bias against an accused skin colour.

[trimmer21]

Funny, isn't that what Trudeau and Singh have suggested by getting rid of peremptory challenges.

I don't think the people who want to change the challenges have thought that the pendulum will swing both ways and a jury can be stacked with people who have unreasonable bias against an accused skin colour.

To those who would eliminate the jury peremptory challenges in our legal system,I have only this..............think O.J.Simpson.