Supreme Court of Canada 301 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario January 12 / 2006 9:30 AM Grant Wayne Krieger v. Her Majesty the Queen In 1999, Health Canada had a program to allow people to possess marijuana for medical use, but there was no program in place for the provision of marijuana for medical use. Krieger has multiple sclerosis and uses marijuana to ease his symptoms. As a member of a "Compassion Club", Krieger grew and provided marijuana to others in similar circumstances. Krieger was charged with drug offences, and used the defence of necessity. The trial took place before a judge and jury. Two jurors asked to be excused on the basis that their consciences could not allow them to convict Krieger. The trial judge refused to excuse them, essentially advising them that they had no choice but to convict, given Krieger's admissions. Krieger's appeal was dismissed. The majority of the Court took the view that the potential for jury nullification was not a ground for a new trial, and applied the proviso in s. 686 of the Criminal Code. Fraser C.J.A. dissenting, would not have applied the proviso because a trial judge is not entitled to eliminate the possibility of jury nullification. http://209.47.227.135/information/cms/case_summary_e.asp?30950
The Supreme Court of Canada will announce it's decision tomorrow October 26 / 2006 in regards to "Jury Nullification". Keith
7 to 0 for a new trial. Yahoo! Jury Nullificaton stands tall in Canada thankfully! See judge Fish bitch slap the original judge for his huge error in ordering the jury to convict Grant... Grant Krieger's Supreme Court Of Canada decision @ http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2006/2006scc47/2006scc47.html Keith