Original article by Jane Lee
The Age – Page: 4 : 4-Sep-14

Defendants in criminal trials in Victoria have the right to make as many as six peremptory challenges to juror selections. Juries Commissioner’s Office data show that in 2013 two thirds of female jury candidates were the target of a challenge, but only a third of male ones. In order to boost diversity, the Victorian Law Reform Commission recommends halving the number of allowable challenges to three. It also wants jurors to be referred to during the court proceedings by numbers rather than their names. Attorney-General Robert Clark has pledged look at the issues

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VICTORIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, VICTORIA. JURIES COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA