Sentences with phrase «potential jurors without»

Following Stanley's acquittal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, «as a country we can and must do better,» and justice minister Jody Wilson - Raybould said the government is looking at peremptory challenges, which are used by the defence and prosecution to reject potential jurors without stating a reason.

Some in the legal community are of the view that peremptory challenges, which allow the prosecution and the defence to reject potential jurors without a reason, should be abolished.

The suggestion is to take away advocates» ability to exercise «peremptory strikes» (i.e., the ability to reject a fixed number of potential jurors without stating any reason).

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The American Bar Association in April of this year issued Ethics Opinion 466 stating that a lawyer may passively review a juror or potential juror's public presence on the Internet without violating Rule 3.5 (b) which prohibits ex parte communications with a juror.