Lay new charges; pick jury of peers

Prior to the Stanley/Boushie decision, I saw the writing on the wall with a portion of the judge’s address to the jury in which he instructed words to the effect, ‘if you have any doubts about premeditation, you must acquit.’ I was of the opinion that a judge was under obligation to inform the jury that they could substitute the downgraded charges of second degree or manslaughter.

Is it not possible that a new charge could be laid and a new properly constituted jury of peers — of both the victim and the accused — be engaged to allow all Canadians to accept the verdict in this tragedy?

Marion E. MacCallum, Charlottetown