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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Actually most are criminals by this point...
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I am not as omniscient as you, but I just hope the judges of this country aren't so quick to make the same assumption as you make.
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Have you ever had violent crime happen to you or a member of your family??? I would suspect not. We aren't taking about petty theft and smoking weed....we are talking about someone who has no regard for other people, their life or their property...someone who would shove a gun in your face and tell you that you will die if you do not comply....someone who shoots randomly into a crowd of people.
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Actually my cousin was killed in an act of violent crime, but thank you for being so presumptuous. If your point is that such an act would make me insensitive to Canadian values, our rights and freedoms, no sorry it did not have that effect on me. Is this what happened to you?
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
The law won't make it impossible to receive bail...it simple puts the onus on the offender to show the court that they will comply with any conditions put on them if they are granted release.
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And why should the onus be shifted to the accused ('offender' or 'criminal', in your terminology)? Unless of course you don't value the presumption of innocence....
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
As for your lawyer arguement...well it doesn't fly. There are very, very good defence lawyers that work for legal aid or take on legal aid cases.
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Well this is true, there are some. Unfortunately they are few and far between, and whether they are very good or very bad, chances are they are heavily overworked (not to mention underpaid) and probably had little time to review the case against their client, let alone time to prepare adequately for it.
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
As for this statement: Of course this is okay by you because you assume that anyone charged must therefore be the perpetrator.
Why is it that people have to make things up to try and discredit me??? This is about the third or fourth time now that someone has said I said something when I haven't. Please find somewhere...anywhere that I led someone to believe that I think people should be considered guilty until inoccent?
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See below.
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Actually most are criminals by this point...
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