Wow... interesting to compare with the response to the London riots of last summer.
As of three weeks ago, the Crown Prosecution Service in London had prosecuted 1,371 people so far and there were 610 defendants still in the court system for riots which happened two months later than Vancouver's.
A prosecutor for London's CPS told the Guardian on 30 January:
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"It was interesting getting people to court very quickly, while it was all still fresh in everyone's mind, with the evidence, and seeing how many people pleaded guilty.
"There is something to be learned there about speedy justice … making sure you get the right evidence into court. There is none of this playing the system so everyone forgets, or witnesses don't turn up."
"We have dealt with 2,000 finalised cases, but every time we get rid of some, more come into the system. We are still getting cases charged and coming in every week."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ja...?newsfeed=true