What is the impact of comments made by former President of the United States President Barack Obama on juries in civil and criminal trials?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cahoon v. Brideaux, 2010 BCCA 228 (CanLII):
To be sure, these remarks were made about criminal juries, but juries in criminal and civil trials are chosen from the same community and our confidence that properly instructed juries can and will adhere faithfully to their oath to “well and truly try the case and a true verdict give according to the evidence” applies across the board: see Hovianseian v. Hovianseian, 2005 BCCA 61at para. 25.
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