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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
A year later and only 2 people now sentenced. Beyond pathetic.
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Originally Posted by VO #23
Some of that has to do with the stringent charge-approval standards in B.C., but the biggest issue is a lack of funding in the justice system. The provincial government has just kept cutting and cutting - the system was stretched about as far as it could go before this high-profile and resource-intensive incident.
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I realize those quotes are quite old, but an update from the Miss Congeniality story:
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Six full-time Crown prosecutors assisted by three staff administrators have approved 719 charges against 236 of those suspects, at a cost of $3 million.
More than 130 people have entered guilty pleas, and at least 66 people have been sentenced. An additional $53,000 has been spent on legal services.
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