“In 45 years of doing this work,” says Lich’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, the Crown and defence have “never been so far apart on sentencing (recommendations) as we were in the Freedom Convoy cases.” Ottawa-based Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher asked for seven years’ imprisonment for Lich and eight for Barber; legal counsel for Lich and Barber sought absolute discharges.
Greenspon says he and his client are leaning toward appealing her conviction. We’ll soon know their decision; documents must be filed within 30 days of sentencing.
In a recent conversation, Greenspon chuckles when I ask about the Crown’s motivation to go after Lich and Barber so aggressively; it’s a question he’s been asked hundreds of times. “Why did we spend upwards of 40 days in trial at a time when far more serious cases are being thrown out because of delay, because they can’t get access to the courts and the judges?” he posits. “Why did the Crown pursue it this way?
Tamara Lich's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, ponders appeal after 'epic' trial that branded his activist client a criminal
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