I caught a portion of your recent CBC call-in segment on divorce/separation settlements. Given you are well versed in family law I thought you might be aware of the status of the Gregory Carter fraud trail. For a time it sputtered along - carefully confining the nature of Carter's alleged offence as having mislead laypersons about his qualifications. Then LaFontaine pointed out that Carter was "retained by lawyers and appointed by judges." The durhamnews article containing this quote (and ending saying "the trial continues) has been taken down from the internet. And for three weeks or more the silence has been deafening. What happened? Seems like the trial was cut short the instant it looked like it would turn into Charles Smith revisited - another unchecked, unchallenged "expert witness" allowed to run amok.
Honest - this is my last question - till next week:
A while back you got some hard-line posts re natives from the neo-con law and order crowd so I'm wondering what they's say about Gladue reports. I'd bet they think such reports are pandering to natives. What do you think about the piece?
Judge pushes for reports for natives Owen Sound Sun Times - Scott Dunn - Jul 21, 2011 Legal Aid Ontario funds Gladue reports in other communities. They're more intensive than commonly prepared presentence reports because they delve deeply into the offender's native background. There are resources available for the reports in other ...
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I caught a portion of your recent CBC call-in segment on divorce/separation settlements. Given you are well versed in family law I thought you might be aware of the status of the Gregory Carter fraud trail. For a time it sputtered along - carefully confining the nature of Carter's alleged offence as having mislead laypersons about his qualifications. Then LaFontaine pointed out that Carter was "retained by lawyers and appointed by judges." The durhamnews article containing this quote (and ending saying "the trial continues) has been taken down from the internet. And for three weeks or more the silence has been deafening. What happened? Seems like the trial was cut short the instant it looked like it would turn into Charles Smith revisited - another unchecked, unchallenged "expert witness" allowed to run amok.
Honest - this is my last question - till next week:
A while back you got some hard-line posts re natives from the neo-con law and order crowd so I'm wondering what they's say about Gladue reports. I'd bet they think such reports are pandering to natives. What do you think about the piece?
Judge pushes for reports for natives
Owen Sound Sun Times - Scott Dunn - Jul 21, 2011
Legal Aid Ontario funds Gladue reports in other communities. They're more intensive than commonly prepared presentence reports because they delve deeply into the offender's native background. There are resources available for the reports in other ...
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