Remove barriers to jurors with disability, Vic told

Victoria is lagging other countries by effectively excluding people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision from serving on juries.

The state’s law reform commission is calling for an overhaul of the justice system to enable juries to be inclusive, a change it said was “well overdue”, in a report tabled in parliament on Tuesday.

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Topics:
Inclusion and access, Justice

Author:
Cassandra Morgan

Source:
AAP

Date published:
Tue 16th May, 2023