Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hampton on Jury Rolls


Howard Hampton is putting the blame on the McGuinty government for the jury crisis in the northwest.

The Kenora-Rainy River MPP says there is no reason a judge had to postpone a jury trial earlier this month because there were not enough aboriginals on the jury roll.

"This was brought to the government's attention back in 2008," says Hampton. "It's pretty difficult for the provincial government to say we've been working on this."

Hampton says the government has not taken the issue seriously.