I attended the court meeting this morning and the Crown Dropped All Charges against Eddie Maurice
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I attended the court meeting this morning and the Crown Dropped All Charges against Eddie Maurice
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...pped-1.4716423Originally Posted by KyleSS
Yes they did, and it's about time.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/...box=1529682398
Interesting, this article in the Calgary Herald mentions some new "compelling" forensic evidence that let the Crown to drop the charges. I wonder what it was? There was no mention of any specifics...
also good to see the dirt-bag criminal will be facing charges. As he should.
From what I understood the ballistics report came back
This is excellent news.
Reading between the line though, it also means they never had enough evidence to make a case.
They charged him anyways in an effort to try punishment by process, which is frankly disgusting and should be called out.
Also, pretty sure in this case recommendations to charge him did not come from the mounties.
Have dealt with enough rural RCMP to know how most feel about this.
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Great news! I’m very happy for the Maurice family. I hope the money raised covers their legal bills.
And great job supporting them, gunnutz!
I’m very surprised that the charges were dropped. I discussed his case with two Crown counsel I know well, and their view was that it is “very unlikely that the Crown will not push to have the reasonableness of the use of a firearm tested in court”.
This “compelling forensic evidence” is really curious. I hope it’s disclosed, eventually.
"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi
Never take a plea....so glad this nightmare is over for him and his family.
"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns...."
Either they realized and feared that they will loose if they try “ to have the reasonableness of the use of a firearm tested in court” or there was some political
wrangling behind the scenes.
IMO the “compelling forensic evidence” is total BS. They never had enough to really charge him and never should have.
AS much as I feel sorry for what Maurice had to go through, the political backlash for him being charged is a good thing.
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denial of free speech.
Charles Bradlaugh
Glad to have good news for once. But the punishment by process is despicable.
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