'Huge' pool of 750 people summoned as potential jurors for Colten Boushie case - News Summed Up

'Huge' pool of 750 people summoned as potential jurors for Colten Boushie case


The average number typically summoned for a Battleford jury is 400. The district that Stanley's jury will be chosen from is huge, stretching all the way north to the border with the Northwest Territories. Health cards have been the basis for jury selection in Saskatchewan for the last 35 years. Changes to jury selection processThe Tisdale case was under fire for its racially unbalanced jury and prompted the Saskatchewan government to review its jury selection process. (CBC)The Ministry of Justice didn't go that far, but in 2005 the daily fee paid to criminal trial jurors was doubled to $80.


Source: CBC News January 28, 2018 15:56 UTC



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