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Law reform commission asked to review the jury empanelment system to see whether changes are needed to see that the process operates justly
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A media release given by the Attorney-General about the current problems with the jury empanelment system
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And article describing the issue with the current challenge system and how/what the commission are trying to do about it
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VLRC's review of jury empanelment has begun, the review will consider peremptory challenges in both the civil and criminal trials and the crown right to stand aside jurors in criminal trials
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A pdf. that contains a Law reform commssion led consultion paper into jury empanelment
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Law reform commission asked to consider 3 aspects of jury empanelment for both civil and criminal trials.
- peremptory challenges and the Crown right in criminal trials to stand jurors aside
- whether jurors should be identified by name or number in court
- the process for balloting off additional jurors.