Controversial 'reverse onus' law faces first test

Law & Order | 206684 hits | Aug 04 3:40 pm | Posted by: WDHIII

OTTAWA -- A Montreal court may be about to make Canadian legal history in a case that could see offenders considered guilty until proved innocent.

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by robmik43
Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:22 am
Must be good for us...the way the defense lawyers and
law professors are whining, it HAS to be good for the public.
by Scape
Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:12 am
It will last just as long as negative billing did.
by Alberta1
Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:24 pm
Hhmmm, interesting concept and in some cases it clearly is the way to go.
by ridenrain
Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:30 pm
Boo hoo hoo. Poor gangsters.
Funny the don't mention the length of the criminal records that got those thugs to where they are now.
by cheryl08
Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:48 am
It was only a matter of time that the "reverse onus" would be challenged. The sad part is it can actually be struck down when you really look at the written statute.
I must give harper credit, it was a good law passed in order to prevent or slightly disrupt criminal behavior, however it probably won't stand, maybe the judge will give parliament a chance to modify it in accordance with the charter.

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