A friendly reminder to cops suggesting to do away with bail that based on the presumption of innocence, the Criminal Code and legal decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada have emphasized that liberty while awaiting trial is a basic principle.
@AltTextUtil OCR
@AltTextUtil OCR
The accused, the Prosecutor, sureties and a Bail Verification and Supervision Program may propose conditions of release for the court to consider.
It's up to all involved as well as the cops complaining and advocating for no release (bail) - for teenagers at that who clearly...
It's up to all involved as well as the cops complaining and advocating for no release (bail) - for teenagers at that who clearly...
...could benefit from community and other interventions and are in fact the most likely to benefit from these programs should they be funded well enough to 1. Exist and 2. Function properly and in a timely manner - help ensure conditions are followed.
Maybe instead of whining on social media, some consideration as to how/why teens are behaving this way, aka getting to the root cause of these behaviours, would be a better use of time than advocating indefinite incarceration that violates The Charter and Criminal Code?
Just a 🤔
Just a 🤔
https://twitter.com/TPAca/status/1626041377548009474?t=AEKYb3K0GbUwQEiyTvAQ7A&s=19
They have quite the history of similar rhetoric. They complain about parole officers - wait for it - arresting someone violating bail conditions.
Huh?! What's to complain about? Isn't that kinda the probation officer's entire f'cking job?!
@OLAASM idk if you'd be interested in this
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