The first question was what case was I involved in. It was the coroner's inquest into the death of Ashley Smith, in which there was videotaped evidence of her in custody. She was the 19-year-old who died in Grand Valley Institution. There was a lot of videotape evidence of her acting like a normal 17-year-old, joking around. There was video evidence of her being forceably injected with medication, and ultimately, there was a video of her dying, because they had been ordered to videotape her. There was also lots of very difficult evidence. The process was different, because it was a coroner's inquest, so nobody's liberty interest was at stake, and there is a bit more flexibility around how you can deal with jurors in those cases. On an ad hoc basis, the coroner, Dr. Carlisle, who was the adjudicator on that case, provided support to the jurors throughout the process and afterwards. We know that the jurors took him up on that offer. We knew very little about it, for obvious confidentiality reasons, but we also know that it continued after the case was over.
That's the only case I've been involved in.
There are unique challenges to trying to do it during the hearing, particularly in a criminal trial, because you don't want someone external to the jury interfering with their deliberative process. I think that's a real challenge in terms of providing support during a criminal trial, because you do want them to be the decision-makers and to receive the instructions from the judge. That was the case I was involved in. I don't know how successful they would say it was, but it was certainly reassuring to all of us who were involved. Also, certainly during that case, I, out of pocket, had mental health supports that I relied on during that process to deal with any issues in a pre-emptive way.