Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection — immediately — during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare procedure imported from England. - Donna Spaner, Alberta jury selection prosecutor"I can tell you with certainty a number of people whose Thursday afternoon was inconvenienced were not particularly thrilled." Balfour Der is a criminal law defence attorney and criminal law textbook author in Alberta. In this case, 80 potential jurors came to court for jury duty and there weren't enough people to select two juries. "Unfortunately, and as mentioned above, the number of potential jurors exempted in the days leading up to and on the day of jury selection ultimately resulted in its use."

Source: CBC News June 19, 2022 14:07 UTC