CBC Manitoba: Opinion poll about alleged serial killer ‘distressing and disheartening,’ says daughter of slain woman
February 15, 2024 —
Brandon Trask, a law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor, said the poll may also be a way for the defence to make an argument Skibicki wouldn’t get a fair trial if the issue was put to a jury.
Skibicki’s defence lawyers had argued for a judge-alone trial, but that application was denied.
“This is just, I think, a way for the defence to sort of build that record, essentially, to potentially try for an appeal,” Trask said.