Local lawyer discusses current practice of jury selection in relation to Gerald Stanley verdict
LETHBRIDGE – The decision of a jury in Battleford, Saskatchewan to acquit Gerald Stanley of his second-degree murder charge in the death of 22-year-old Colton Boushie ignited a firestorm across Canada, on both sides of the issue.
On Tuesday, Mar. 13, at the Royal Canadian Legion on Mayor Magrath Drive in Lethbridge the issue of whether the current practice of jury selection benefitted Stanley was discussed.
The featured speaker was Ingrid Hess, a lawyer from Lethbridge, who has been practicing law for over 21 years.
For the majority of her career, she has focussed on criminal defence work, representing clients on all kinds of criminal and quasi-criminal charges in the Provincial Court, Court of Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal of Alberta, including a number of serious jury trials.