Gerald Stanley Not Guilty

Cannuck

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So listening to all the social conservatives fantasize over the idea of shooting a thief, one really has to wonder how different they are from radical Islamists. I mean, both feel death is an appropriate punishment for petty thievery.
 
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Both lawyers have the opportunity to disqualify individuals, not just the defence


Not any more, enter the Tater Tot new **** Whitey non justice system...


Liberals set to reform jury selection process following Colten Boushie case | paNOW
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled a massive bill Thursday that, if passed, would eliminate the use of peremptory challenges, which allow lawyers to reject jury candidates during the selection process.
 

Decapoda

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Not any more, enter the Tater Tot new **** Whitey non justice system...


Liberals set to reform jury selection process following Colten Boushie case | paNOW

As I said in the other thread, I have a feeling there will be as many unintended negative consequences for "non-marginalized" Canadians as intended consequences for everyone else.

[url=http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?p=2602370#post2602370]Changes to Jury Selection Process on the Way[/URL]
 

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Farmer pleads guilty to gun charge after fatal shooting

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is giving up his guns and has been ordered to pay a $3,000 fine after pleading guilty to unsafe storage of an unrestricted firearm.
Gerald Stanley pleaded guilty Monday in North Battleford provincial court to the charge that involved six rifles and shotguns. The Crown said none of them had trigger locks.
The Crown dropped a second count of unsafe storage of a restricted handgun.
Stanley was acquitted in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie, who was shot and killed on Stanley's farm in August 2016.
With members and supporters of the Boushie family looking on, the judge accepted a joint recommendation for the fine and a 10-year ban on possessing a firearm. Stanley is also forfeiting all of his guns, which the defence said are pretty common in many rural homes.
"Mr. Stanley doesn't desire to own a gun ever again," his lawyer Scott Spencer told court.
Family and supporters of the Boushie family shouted "murderer" as Stanley walked into the courthouse to enter a plea.
Boushie was one of five young people who drove onto Stanley's farm near Biggar in 2016. His friends testified they were looking for help with a flat tire.
Stanley told the trial he thought they were trying to steal an all-terrain vehicle. He testified he fired warning shots to scare them away and the gun accidentally went off again when he went to pull the keys from their SUV.

To the bolded the media is still touting this story of innocent kids looking for help even though the young adults admitted in the trial the were there to steal unbelievable
 

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“They’re in the criminal justice system."

Apparently only criminals get justice, not their victims.

I wonder if Stanley now qualifies to use the same bullsh!t excuses as the same criminals use to justify their actions.

Maybe Gerald can plead that he wasn't hugged enough as a kid and that led to the tragic, accidental consequences we saw recently... In fact, it's more than fair to say that it's the fault of society and the gubmint really owes him an apology and a bunch of cash.

I call it the Khadr defense
 

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I wonder if Stanley now qualifies to use the same bullsh!t excuses as the same criminals use to justify their actions.

Maybe Gerald can plead that he wasn't hugged enough as a kid and that led to the tragic, accidental consequences we saw recently... In fact, it's more than fair to say that it's the fault of society and the gubmint really owes him an apology and a bunch of cash.

I call it the Khadr defense

I thought Stanley was acquitted.
 

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"I wonder if Stanley now qualifies to use the same bullsh!t excuses as the same criminals use to justify their actions."
 

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I thought Stanley was acquitted.

I think that was just the original charge. There's more like maybe unsafe storage of a gun or something similar!

I wonder if Stanley now qualifies to use the same bullsh!t excuses as the same criminals use to justify their actions.

Maybe Gerald can plead that he wasn't hugged enough as a kid and that led to the tragic, accidental consequences we saw recently... In fact, it's more than fair to say that it's the fault of society and the gubmint really owes him an apology and a bunch of cash.

Surely at some time in his past his feelings were hurt!
 

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I thought Stanley was acquitted.

He was acquitted of 2nd degree murder, although I would have believed that the Crown would have had an easier time in trying Stanley on something like manslaughter.

Considering the overall circumstances and the events that lead up to Boushie's death, Stanley was treated in a manner that was disproportionate to his actions
 

captain morgan

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The notion that the 3 other wee victims that were in cahoots with Boushie received immunity reeks to high hell.

I can only imagine what the ramifications would have been had they been tried as well.

If they beat up and tried to run over my wife, there would have been 4 dead.

Shoot, shovel and shut up.

~ Ralph Klein
 

JLM

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The f**king thing that nearly everyone fails to understand is it was a matter totally about behaviour and nothing to do with race.