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In article <1994Mar28.182354.17809@cdf.toronto.edu>,
Fok Leslie Li Sze <a228fokl@cdf.toronto.edu> wrote:
>In article <764755645snz@otaku.demon.co.uk> mark@otaku.demon.co.uk writes:
>>The Canadian Homolka trial highlights a problem shared with the UK and US 
>>legal systems: the wheels of justice seem to be grinding ever more slowly. 
>>If the matter had been tried speedily, there would be no need to worry about
>>banning anything.
>
>>The courts systems are all overloaded , of course, but given the seriousness 
>>of the charges, one would expect such a case to get a high priority (how
>>many murder cases are there at any one time in Canada ?)
>
>No, if they want a quick trial, they'd GET a quick trial. The legal system 
>proceed at the speed the officials want to. At the time of the Homolka
>trial, the prosecutor has enough evidence to fry Paul Teale 10 times over. Both
>the defense and the prosecutor knows that. So would the judge. Why the Teale
>trial is prosponed until June this year is a myth. I guess some people just 
>want to flex their muscle and see how much power they really have over the
>average citizen. Now they prove their point. But thank God for the Net and a 
>a few brave souls to keep the information flowing. 

	Of course, the prosecution couldn't be motivated by a desire to 
avoid seeing Teale get off on appeal because his lawyers were denied the
time to go through the tons of material the prosecution has. Of course, 
the defense has an unlimited amount of man-power to plow through all of the
alleged evidence, so insisting on an instant gratification trial wouldn't
deny Teale's lawyers the time they need to process the material. Of course,
Teale is guilty, so whether or not his civil liberties are violated in
the process of getting an instant gratification trial is not important.

	Could someone with experience in Canada's legal system give us
an idea how long the average murder trial takes in Canada?

	If memory serves, they got that nurse from the Toronto Sick
Children's Hospital into court pretty durn fast. Pity she turned
out to be innocent, and  that her career was trashed, but better
swift justice than real justice, eh?

							James Nicoll
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