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Originally Posted by vanisleflamesfan
Obstruction of Justice... not just for jaywalkers anymore:
Criminal Code
Part IV: Offences agains the administration of law and justice
Obstructing justice
139. 3) Without restricting the generality of subsection (2), every one shall be deemed wilfully to attempt to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice who in a judicial proceeding, existing or proposed,( a) dissuades or attempts to dissuade a person by threats, bribes or other corrupt means from giving evidence; |
Thnks for the post. Couple of comments. 1, no minimum sentence and 2, it is probably harder to convict on this than utter threats because you have to prove it was an attempt to obstuct. Maybe, maybe not but the punishment is not enough and the charge is not broad enough in my opinion.