What happens in this Province all the time is is a justice of the Peace or Provincial Court judge will deny bail, then the defence lawyer will bring the case to Queen's Bench for bail review and about 75% of the time the Queen's Bench Justice will let the accused out.
When you go to a bail review as a Crown you know that no matter what you say most of the time, the QB justice will just let out the accused anyway.
Even if this individual was denied bail by the Justice of the Peace, I can tell you that there is a good chance the QB justice would have let him out on bail review in any event.
Want to get bail? Pitch some religious release plan and wait for the QB justice who lets everyone out if they say they love Jesus.
Want to get bail? Wait for the QB Justice who never convicts and lets every single person out on bail because he can never make up his mind.
Want to get bail? Wait for just about any female QB justice, who only care about rehabilitation and not protection of the public and will release someone if their mother says "she doesn't allow drinking in the house"
The problem with the justice system is not the Criminal Code, it is who the particular Judge happens to be that day.
Some court rooms are jam packed with people applying for bail. In other court rooms not a single person applies for bail. Why is that? Defence counsel know what each particular judge is going to do based on past experience.
And since the judiciary is independent, they answer to no one, ever.
Last edited by Johnny199r; 01-22-2015 at 05:18 PM.
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