Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 24, 2006 a3 top news jury system does to work lawyer says accused killer wants rules changed to allow native jurors with records by Mike Mcintyre jury duty facts a Man accused of a grisly dismemberment. 10,349 English and 650 French jury sum killing has put Manitoba a jury system on Mons issued in 2004-05. Trial with a unique Legal Challenge that. Prospective jurors randomly selected from claims native people Are being unfairly Dis Manitoba health records. Criminate against. Jury selection begins with a group of 48 or Sydney Teer Huis 34, says the jury selection More residents from a judicial District and process does to allow for a True representation of under the supervision of a judge of the court the Public to hear a criminal Case and is a violation of Queens Bench a 12-member jury is select of his charter rights. De. Teer Huis who is native is seeking a True jury. The jury act prohibits certain individuals of his Peers in the form of a largely aboriginal from being jurors including maps and Las panel to hear his High profile Case. Judges police officers lawyers and other court one of Teer Huis main arguments is that Abo officials correctional and probation officers originals Are unfairly being precluded from jury persons convicted of an indictable offence or duty because of a stipulation prospective jurors persons afflicted with a mental or physical can to have criminal records. Infirmity that makes if difficult to perform the Teer Huis cites statistics that show 61 per cent of duties of a juror. . Potential jurors May also be excused if the people who Are incarcerated Are native. Length of the trial could create a financial hard excluded ship on the individual or his or her family. There Are a Large number of aboriginal people being excluded from jury selection based on that provision. It does affect the representativeness of the jury defence lawyer Kathleen bothering Low said Brodsky who also took Issue with the Ham argued in court earlier this month. Fact jury officials simply took people at their word defence lawyer Greg Brodsky is also fighting and did to require written declarations. The motion on Teer Huis behalf and claims Justice that gives the impression Justice in to being officials have created a system where the Only done and we Don to have procedural people who Are being selected for jury duty Are Crown attorney Deborah Carlson said there is the elderly and the unemployed. No evidence anything improper has occurred you May be getting a jury which is unbiased when dismissing prospective jurors because of these 70-year-old unemployed people and Home perceived hardships. Makers but you re not going to get a jury that is the Issue Here in to whether jury officials representative of the Community said Brodsky. Are running the tight ship that or. Brodsky would the process just does to run in determining what is a hardship to a per be Here for a few Days or a week anymore but their disposition remains a disturbing mystery. Jury coordinator Gail Hildebrand was forced to son she said. For two three six months he said. Police also recovered inside the suite a necklace give evidence earlier this month and told court there a no evidence anything untoward has Monnin also said Teer Huis in to allowed to hand that had been stolen one Day earlier from the set of that about 1,600 jury notices were sent out in Antic occurred or a panel has not been randomly chosen. Pick a jury of his pleasing. The Hollywood movie shall we dance starring he a entitled to have a jury chosen randomly Jennifer Lopez Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere. Spation of the Teer Huis trial which was set to begin the key word Here is fairness not in Early september. Queens Bench chief Justice Marc Monnin from a group that represents the Community As a the movie was being filmed in Winnipeg. The whole. That does to mean the end result has to be $4,000 necklace belonged to Sarandon but played she said the list of names was randomly Gener presided Over the motion and has reserved his ated through provincial health records and did decision which has forced an indefinite delay of exactly How the Community is comprised he said. No role in the killing in terms of motive according Teer Huis is accused of dismembering beheading to police. It know How Many people were native. Teer Huis trial. Hildebrand said More than 1,400 of those who he does to care if his trial is delayed. He wants and castrating Robin Greene 38, inside the Royal the celebrity link to the gruesome Case sparked received notices were excused from the panel for a fair trial before a representative jury. If he has Albert arms hotel in the summer of 2003. Police interest in the United states from gossip Maga were led to the body after a Man walked into the Zines tabloid newspapers and entertainment talk various reasons including health work duties and to sit and wait for it he will said Brodsky. Public safety building and allegedly confessed. Shows. Other commitments that could affect them Finan he claims the motion is unique in Canada and scially. Would have far reaching implications about the investigators initially believed they were Greene and his alleged killer weren to known to Only 189 people were left ? with 13 of those Way juries Are selected if successful. Responding to a prank Call and were stunned to each other but apparently met earlier in the night Monnin questioned Brodsky in court about the find the victim inside the Bathtub of a hotel suite. At a downtown City hotel and agreed to return to being disqualified for having criminal records. Reason so Many people Are opting out of jury duty. Greene a Shoal Lake resident visiting the City the hotel for consensual sex. The remaining 176 were expected to come to court next month where Crown and defence lawyers in to that partly because the nature of where had been Cut into eight pieces. Would then select the 12 who would hear the trial. Our criminal trials Are going they re going to a police have been unable to locate some internal. the threshold to get off a jury panel is far too far greater length. Jurors Arent just expected to organs that had been removed from the victim and jail worker accused of offering drugs for sex Ward alleging misconduct by the male Leslie said staff members Are not involved he said. By Jason Bell staff member. Leslie said no drugs were discovered. Physically searched on the premises. Leslie said an aboriginal spiritual care he would provide no details on when the individual has been employed by despite the allegations Leslie said they giver performs duties similar to those Winnipeg remand Centre officials Are the alleged actions occurred. The Centre since november 2004. Are not rethinking this policy. Of a chaplain. Investigating allegations that an a orig the aboriginal spiritual caregiver one Leslie said the staff member got a the downtown remand Centre tem its concerning any time we have an Inal spiritual caregiver employed by the of two on staff was placed on an unpaid criminal records Check when he was Pora Rily houses both males and females. Allegation concerning staff Ina Propri facility offered drugs to female prison leave of absence on tuesday. Hired. The Centre hires the spiritual Leslie said police Are not involved but lateness Leslie said. Ers for sexual favours. The allegation is through the course caregiver to provide guidance to Abo could be in the future. Ron Leslie superintendent of the Cen of his duties he offered drugs in return original offenders and is typically a Well we have an investigation team of four tre confirmed yesterday that More for sexual favours said Leslie. This is recognized member of the aboriginal managers. If we come across anything with files from Jen Skerritt than one complainant has come for an allegation we Are taking very Seri Community such As an elder. Of a criminal nature the police will be ;