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Originally Posted by fredr123
Just curious how you know all this? Funny thing is, if you live in the area where all this happened there seems to be the opposite sentiment: that Ferguson was an ass and deserved to be punished for something even though the evidence might not be there to prove it.
These are the kind of undertones that, I'm afraid, might be influencing some of the judicial decisions coming from this case. I'm quite confident that once the jury finds the accused guilty of manslaughter, the four-year minimum sentence is pretty much an absolute. The law binds the judge's hands pretty tightly on that one. Doesn't mean it's the "correct" decision in the broad sense though...
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I live in Lethbridge so not necessarily the area but I have heard plenty of info on the case fromteh newspapers and news. I am not one that normally would take the side of the cop but in this case it seems clear that it was Varley in the wrong and although unfortunate that he died, Ferguson should not be punished and certainly not in the way the Crown dragged it out.