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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
THis guy is a piece of CRAP and so is his lawyer. Thousands upon thousands of tax payers dollars wasted on this ######. Send his lawyer along with him. Perfect example of what is wrong with the system today when someone can be ordered deported SIX years ago, yet continue to pile on appeal after appeal. Good riddance.
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
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While I appreciate that the "thousands upon thousands of dollars wasted on this ######" comment is likely directed at all of the costs inherent in running our justice system, I take umbrage with the photo of a lawyer with dollar signs in his eyes.
I do not know whether Jackie Tran's defence and multiple appeals were funded by Legal Aid Alberta. In many cases, the serious offences you see make the news on a nightly basis are defended by lawyers who are working on legal aid certificates. The tariffs paid by Legal Aid are quite modest. I would suggest that the primary motivating factor for defence lawyers in these cases is not money. If you are a lawyer in Alberta, there are far better ways to make beaucoup bucks than taking on Legal Aid cases.
Here are the current (well, 2009 anyway) tariffs paid by Legal Aid Alberta:
http://www.legalaid.ab.ca/lawyers/Do...20FRIENDLY.pdf