If the story is reported correctly it is shocking -- to tell a quasi-judicial officer to pound sand (to use the polite form) is not something you expect in a mature democratic state.
So can a quasi-judicial officer find a lawyer to be in contempt of court (so to speak)? It would make my day to know that Prefontaine would see the inside of a cell for that -- even if only briefly.
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So can a quasi-judicial officer find a lawyer to be in contempt of court (so to speak)? It would make my day to know that Prefontaine would see the inside of a cell for that -- even if only briefly.
Don't know if you've read up, but Britain is having their own version of Torturegate; timeline of events so eerily similar as that of Canada...
It's in the courts now. I believe there was a hearing today; I will try to find an update.
Here's what I have so far on this:
http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/19/torturegate-the-british-version/
complete with links
Since Britain is in full campaign mode, there is no telling what kind of effort Brown's opposition may put into this to get the dirt...
Even more interesting, because of all the similarities, if the British courts find culpability in torture, it could well come and haunt Harper
Just a thought
BTW: why does Britain have their torturegate played out in the court system and ours' isn't? How did we get away with that?
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