Just read the article where the Canadian Bar Association is saying how the public is ‘free to criticize’ but all the ‘name calling’ and ‘personal attacks’ towards a particular local judge is ‘unacceptable’. The CBA was also kind enough to reminded everybody that any ‘reasonable’ and ‘informed’ member of the public would want this person as a judge. So any member of the public who doesn’t want this person as a judge is just an unreasonable uninformed name-calling dumb-ass? Believing in the independence of the judiciary and how important it is for judges to be able to make decisions in accordance to the law and the their judgement without fearing removal is NOT irreconcilable with believing with the need for a judiciary that competently handles sexual assault cases. The public is legitimately angry at apparently erroneous handling of a sexual assault case. I suppose Robin Camp was also unfairly treated by the angry mob? –You’re not ‘unreasonable’ for being pissed…don’t be gas lit
This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2017.
He did competently handle the sexual assault case. And no..not any member of the public who doesn’t want this person as a judge is an unreasonable uninformed name-calling dumb-ass. That’s reserved for people who don’t understand the ruling, don’t want to understand the ruling and spend their days on social media calling the judges names for reasons they can’t even really explain themselves (as they are related to the facts of the case).
So no, you’re not unreasonable for being pissed but you ARE unreasonable for making up little stories in order to justify the creation of a mob.
I really think the discussion should be on what is reasonable and what is not reasonable.
She says she doesn’t remember giving consent, and he doesn’t have one shred of evidence to support the claim that he had it. How is that reasonable?
He was hired to take her home and he never did that. How is it reasonable to assume that he gave a shit about her consent?
So, “Try the Truth”, you think a passed out woman who pissed her pants gave “consent” to a cab driver who was supposed to take her home?
How many incapacitated women have you fucked?
The point is we do not know if she was passed out during the incident. She may have been awake, said okay and when done, fell asleep. The police didn’t come by until it was over. Another 5 minutes earlier could have made the difference. Just think back to the times that either you or your partner fell asleep right after sex. That doesn’t change the fact that the cabbie was an unprofessional scumbag. She said she was drunk but was there any evidence brought forward such as the bartender or server who served her or a breath or blood test. Just because someone says something doesn’t make it true. And remember a judge has to rule on the evidence brought forward, not what he thinks or would liked to have happened.
GV – If she doesn’t remember then that is reasonable doubt, one of the tenants of law.
The evidence proves otherwise Betty!
BTW, big fan – love your work!
It was actually the Criminal Lawyer’s Association who said the bit about he’s a great judge, yada yada.