Archive - Sep 12, 2008

Inquiry into Kashechewan First Nation fire deaths finds First Nation people missing from jury lists

NAN press release ...

First Nation people excluded from jury roll - Illegal Jury Roll Comes to Light at Coroners Inquest

     TORONTO, Sept. 11 /CNW/ - A First Nation coalition is seeking a formal inquiry into the jury roll system in Ontario following a recent revelation at a Coroners Inquest that the jury roll in the Judicial District of Kenora has systematically excluded First Nation people from jury participation even though the law requires that they be included.