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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
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And, Mr.Bates is likely a smart man but lets face it he's still just a f'cn lawyer, why on earth should a lawyer have anything to do with the way I see this brutal justice system? the lawyers created it, fought for it and continue to protect it all in the name of $$$. I hope someday you don't have to see this on a personal level.
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For whatever it is worth I will respond to your assertion that I am "still just a f'cn lawyer" and your suggestion that I do what I do "all in the name of $$$" because it is clear you know nothing about me.
I have no interest in listing for you all of the things I do for free which are for the betterment of the justice system (and which take me away from my own family and swimming in my pool of gold coins a la Scrooge McDuck) but since you took the baseless shot at my reputation, I will quote to you from a letter I received from the Alberta Minister of Justice a few months back in response to my recent correspondence to her about public confidence in policing and the administration of justice:
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Your commitment to this issue over the past ten years has contributed to positive community sustainability in Alberta.
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So, you can assume our Minister of Justice is a liar - after all she is also a lawyer - or you can accept that I and others like me make significant personal sacrifices to constructively improve the Canadian criminal justice system almost every single day.
You make inaccurate personal slights against the system and the people working in it on a discussion forum. Good for you.
But let me ask you this. Have you ever done anything to actually try to improve what you think makes our system 'brutal'? Or are you content to just stick with trash-talk that is not even based on facts?
Upholding the rule of law in a constitutional democracy is tough stuff. Maybe don't knock it until you've tried it? You definitely do not need to be a lawyer to donate hundreds of hours of work to improve the system. It just so happens I am one who does.
Back to the topic of this thread - what has happened to this woman is tragic. There is no question about that. But how would the situation be improved if as a society we abandon the rule of law in responding to the tragedy? What outcome would make you no longer take such a poor view of the justice system?