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Originally Posted by Dion
All she wanted was a fair trial. Is that too much to ask?
Or should we just ignore what goes on in other countries and tell Amnesty International to go fly a kite when they report human rights violations?
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You don't know that she didn't get a fair trial. Mexico has a "guilty until proven innocent" system. It has for a very long time. She failed to prove herself innocent, therefore by their justice system she is guilty. By their rules, she received a fair trial. Just because we in Canada don't have the same justice system, does not mean she didn't recieve a fair trial by Mexcian definition, and that is what counts in this case since she was in Mexico.
Considering the lies that Ms. Martin has been caught in, it is not unreasonable to speculate that she did in fact receive a fair trail and the ruling was just.
Another interesting tidbit... she worked as a cook for 9 months but was fired for insulting her bosses mother and given a year's pay in severance of which she invested nearly half back into the illegal scheme her boss was running. Does that not strike anyone as more than a bit questionable? At the very large company I work for we generally give out one month severance for every year worked (to a max of 18 months) - but if fired with cause you get nothing.
As for Amnesty International, this isn't like Ms. Martin was a political prisoner being kept because she spoke out against the government. She wasn't being beaten daily. She was in a beauty pagent in the prison for cripes sake. AI has much bigger fish to fry than Ms. Martin. And yes, unless we are prepared to invade another sovereign country and impose our will on their people, we should be keeping our noses out of their justice department as best as we are able. From what I've seen, the Canadian Government has done everything we should reasonably expect from them in a situation like this.