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Vincent
Date01 November 2009
Published date01 November 2009
DOI10.1350/ijep.2009.13.4.336
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Law reform
Juries—Canada
Alberta LRI, Criminal Jury Trials: Challenges for Cause Procedures, July 2009, available at
<http://www.law.ualberta.ca/alri/docs/CM12-20%20FinalRpt.pdf>.
‘This final report is a precursor to … new criminal rules dealing with challenge for
cause procedures in the context of criminal jury trials. The report represents the
final policy positions of the criminal rules working committee following consider-
ation of comments on the published report titled Criminal Jury Trials: Challenge for
Cause Procedures, Consultation Memorandum No. 12.20.’
DNA evidence—United Kingdom
Home Office, Keeping the right people on the DNA database, May 2009, available at
<http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2009-dna-database/>.
‘The paper sets out the benefits of DNA and fingerprints in detecting offenders and
helping to bring them to justice. It also sets out proposals to introduce clearer and
more transparent safeguards for the individual.’
Police interviews—Australia
VLRC, Supporting Young People in Police Interviews, Background Paper, July 2009,
available at <http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Law+Reform/
resources/file/eb8e8109c22b200/VLRC_SupportingYoungpPeopleinPoliceInterviews
_ BackgroundPaper.pdf>.
This consultation seeks to identify current problems in the operation of the
scheme requiring the police to arrange for an independent person to be present
when a young person is questioned in custody.
doi:10.1350/ijep.2009.13.4.336
362 (2009) 13 E&P 362–364 THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE & PROOF

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