shockedcanadian
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The malfeasance continues to grow and I grudgingly give credit to the courts who have historically (and continue to be so) been extremely biased against the accused even as police in this country have a reputation which has damaged our nations national security from Japan to America.
If a nation does not even uphold its obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which we helped establish in 1948, it is harming its own most valuable asset, that of global goodwill. This Crown Attorneys husband is a police officer and if what was alleged of her comment by another officer is true, it is extremely troubling.
TPS already have a horrible reputation on par with Peel Region police, DRPS and some in the RCMP (who once had a stellar reputation but no more). Ontarios justice system may represent a national security threat if it is not cleaned up in short order.
A veteran Crown attorney who caused a criminal case to collapse after she berated a Toronto police officer in a courthouse hallway has seen a second case thrown out in the same month over her conduct.
A man’s charges of drug possession and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by a drug were stayed on May 15 due to the “unacceptable negligence” of Crown attorney Marnie Goldenberg and Toronto police in failing to preserve and disclose “highly important” video evidence that ended up being erased from police servers.
Ontario Court Justice Sean Gaudet concluded that the failure to provide the video — which Goldenberg initially said didn’t exist — had breached the accused man’s right to make full answer and defence to the charges.
It was the second judgment issued in May to be critical of Goldenberg, a prosecutor of 22 years who specializes in driving offences. On May 4, Ontario Court Justice Mara Greene stayed charges against a man accused of striking a police officer with a motorcycle after the judge found Goldenberg angrily told a cop who testified for the defence and whose evidence risked hurting the Crown’s case: “We protect our own.” Greene also found that Goldenberg was “less than candid” in her testimony about the courthouse hallway encounter and “did not provide the court with a fair and fulsome account of what took place.”
The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association, the prosecutors’ union, voiced its support for Goldenberg after Greene’s ruling, describing her as “one of our finest Crowns” in an email to all Ontario prosecutors obtained by the Star.
“The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association stands behind and supports Marnie,” says the email.
If a nation does not even uphold its obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which we helped establish in 1948, it is harming its own most valuable asset, that of global goodwill. This Crown Attorneys husband is a police officer and if what was alleged of her comment by another officer is true, it is extremely troubling.
TPS already have a horrible reputation on par with Peel Region police, DRPS and some in the RCMP (who once had a stellar reputation but no more). Ontarios justice system may represent a national security threat if it is not cleaned up in short order.
Court tosses another case due to conduct of Toronto Crown attorney Marnie Goldenberg. Judge cites ‘unacceptable negligence’
A judge previously tossed a separate case after finding veteran prosecutor Marnie Goldenberg angrily berated a Toronto cop over his testimony, saying: "We protect our own."
www.thestar.com
Court tosses another case due to conduct of Toronto Crown attorney Marnie Goldenberg. Judge cites ‘unacceptable negligence’
A judge previously tossed a separate case after finding veteran prosecutor Marnie Goldenberg angrily berated a Toronto cop over his testimony, saying: "We protect our own."
www.thestar.com
A veteran Crown attorney who caused a criminal case to collapse after she berated a Toronto police officer in a courthouse hallway has seen a second case thrown out in the same month over her conduct.
A man’s charges of drug possession and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by a drug were stayed on May 15 due to the “unacceptable negligence” of Crown attorney Marnie Goldenberg and Toronto police in failing to preserve and disclose “highly important” video evidence that ended up being erased from police servers.
Ontario Court Justice Sean Gaudet concluded that the failure to provide the video — which Goldenberg initially said didn’t exist — had breached the accused man’s right to make full answer and defence to the charges.
It was the second judgment issued in May to be critical of Goldenberg, a prosecutor of 22 years who specializes in driving offences. On May 4, Ontario Court Justice Mara Greene stayed charges against a man accused of striking a police officer with a motorcycle after the judge found Goldenberg angrily told a cop who testified for the defence and whose evidence risked hurting the Crown’s case: “We protect our own.” Greene also found that Goldenberg was “less than candid” in her testimony about the courthouse hallway encounter and “did not provide the court with a fair and fulsome account of what took place.”
The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association, the prosecutors’ union, voiced its support for Goldenberg after Greene’s ruling, describing her as “one of our finest Crowns” in an email to all Ontario prosecutors obtained by the Star.
“The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association stands behind and supports Marnie,” says the email.
