Sorry folks. I should have been updating this thread but there are only so many hours in a day. This is the latest.
ST-JÉRÔME — The jury in Guy Turcotte’s double-murder trial spent its first full day deliberating on Tuesday, entering the courtroom only once to ask for sections of the Criminal Code that explain some of the possible verdicts.
Around 11 a.m., both parties were called to the courtroom after the jury had sent a note to Superior Court Justice André Vincent.
Isabelle Gaston, mother of the two slain children, rushed in to sit in the front row. Turcotte’s parents, who had also been waiting around the courthouse, sat on the opposite side of the room.
Vincent said the jury had asked for a copy of Section 16 of the Criminal Code, which explains the not criminally responsible verdict.
Vincent said it was a little unusual, given that it had been read and explained a number of times throughout the trial and during his final instructions, but agreed to have a copy made for the jury.
The jury also asked for Section 235 of the Criminal Code, which explains that in Canada, “everyone who commits first-degree murder or second-degree murder is guilty of an indictable offence.”
http://montrealgazette.com/news/loc...ury-requests-copy-of-laws-to-clarify-verdicts
