Sudbury.com reported that the second-degree murder trial of Robert Steven Wright was delayed again after several jurors tested positive for COVID-19. The court is discussing the possibility of having ill jurors to continue by participating virtually. However, one juror is “not feeling well enough to participate virtually.
The first infected juror tested positive on March 16, 2023. The virus then swept through the jurors who had been in close quarters throughout the trial. They were told to self-isolate through the weekend. The exact number of positive jurors was discussed during voir dire and can’t be reported. Nationally in America the exact number of people infected by COVID is also kept under wraps. Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is also in the best interest of any politician letting the virus rip.
Wright is on trial for the second-degree murder of 23-year-old Laurentian University student Renée Sweeney, who was stabbed 27 times while working at a video store on Paris Street on Jan. 27, 1998. At the time, Wright was an 18-year-old student at Lockerby Composite School, which was within walking distance of the store where Sweeney worked.