PSYC 3600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Peremptory Challenge, Jury Trial, Summary Offence
10 Apr 2017
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Civil juries are not used at all in quebec"s civil law system. It is the jury"s duty to determine the facts from the evidence presented at trial and then apply those facts to the law in order to reach a verdict. The canadian criminal jury is always composed of 12 persons. In morally and socially controversial cases, the jury"s decision can often send a powerful message to the government regarding the community"s sentiments. Conflicts between the jurors" sense of justice and the. In r v. morgentaler, the supreme court agreed that abortion laws violated section 7 of the. Charter, a woman"s right to life, liberty and security of a person and in 1988 canada"s abortion law was struck down as unconstitutional, granting women the right to safe and legal abortions. Judges cannot use their power to direct the jury"s verdict, as in r v. krieger, and lawyers cannot sway jurors to ignore the law.
