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[laogaiguk]

The high cost of Canadian injustice

That sucks. Dont' know what else to say.

[supernick]

A sad story.

It reminds me of the story of that guy from Winnipeg who served (I think) 18 years for a crime he was later cleared of.

The appeal process is very expensive and legal aid is very reluctant to pick up the tab.

I have a friend who did a couple of years for a crime he had nthing to do with. An admission by another person (who was also charged) was not enough to sway the appeal count, as they said that the jury must have believed that he was guilty, and that the judge did not make an error in procedure. Even the prosecutor was the one that brought the confession to the court of appeal, however the prosector during the appeal made other aguments.

The evidence at first regarding the admission of the other person was so strong that he was released on appeal bail, and the judge ordered the police to tale the realese warrant to the prison to have him released by 6 pm. He was out for a few months and lost the appeal.

During the appeal, the real guilty person took the stand and said that he was the one and only one that was guily. It is complicated because there were more than one accused.

A lawyer was working on his case after he served his time. He was never the same person after his prison term and later died of a drug overdose.

Injustice it was was and I saw it all through the events of my friend.