shockedcanadian
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As a victim of the some of the worst abusers as I kept my mouth shut to protect the REAL bad guys (who I didn't know were actually undercovers), I can say that this type of decision was due. We've been violating citizens rights for decades, from the RCMP on down and in Ontario in particular, we are the old Soviet Union.
I will defend to the death ones right to fair justice, human rights and civil liberties be it Trump, Comey, Bolton or Jeff Dahmer. THAT is what men better than myself risked their lives and died for fighting fascism.
These guys are so egregious in their abuses, so arrogant in their ability to get away with these abuses that even with video evidence they just deny it ever happened.
Until there are consequences for them directly, this will not change. If peoples rights are violated, the courts are forced to release them, even the worst of men, or else we are not free citizens we are subjects of oppressive operatives.
www.thestar.com
Three men accused of committing an execution-style murder will not face trial after a judge ruled that the abuse they endured at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in December 2023 — and the attempts by jail staff to cover up what happened — was such an egregious example of state misconduct that continuing the prosecution would undermine the integrity of the justice system.
In a decision spanning more than 100 pages, Justice Clayton Conlan said the deployment of Maplehurst’s internal riot squad to conduct a mass strip search of nearly 200 inmates two days after an inmate punched a guard was undertaken “for one reason and one reason only. It was done for vengeance.”
Conlan’s decision to grant a stay of proceedings effectively throws out the first-degree murder charges. It is the most serious consequence to date of the Maplehurst prisoner abuse scandal, which continues to imperil criminal cases across the province.
“The unthinkable has come to pass,” Conlan wrote in his decision. “First-degree murder and attempted murder charges will not be tried on their merits. The victims and their families and close ones will not see the proceeding continue to its normal end. The community as a whole will not get the satisfaction of having a proper trial on the merits.
What emerged in court testimony was a picture of one of the province’s largest jails as a dysfunctional institution operating with lax managerial oversight, casual disregard for ministry policies, and a toxic culture of retribution where staff could be ostracized for reporting a colleague’s misconduct.
As first reported by the Star last year, the jail deployed its internal riot squad — officially known as the Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT) — two days after an inmate sucker-punched a guard on Dec. 20, 2023, sending the guard to hospital with a broken orbital bone. That inmate was swiftly removed, transferred to a different jail and charged with assault, while the remaining inmates were locked in their cells for the rest of that day and the next.
I will defend to the death ones right to fair justice, human rights and civil liberties be it Trump, Comey, Bolton or Jeff Dahmer. THAT is what men better than myself risked their lives and died for fighting fascism.
These guys are so egregious in their abuses, so arrogant in their ability to get away with these abuses that even with video evidence they just deny it ever happened.
Until there are consequences for them directly, this will not change. If peoples rights are violated, the courts are forced to release them, even the worst of men, or else we are not free citizens we are subjects of oppressive operatives.
Ontario judge throws out murder charges over Maplehurst jail guards’ abuse of inmates and attempted coverup. ‘The unthinkable has come to pass.’
The stay of murder charges marks the most serious consequence of the prisoner abuse scandal, which continues to imperil criminal cases across Ontario.
www.thestar.com
Three men accused of committing an execution-style murder will not face trial after a judge ruled that the abuse they endured at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in December 2023 — and the attempts by jail staff to cover up what happened — was such an egregious example of state misconduct that continuing the prosecution would undermine the integrity of the justice system.
In a decision spanning more than 100 pages, Justice Clayton Conlan said the deployment of Maplehurst’s internal riot squad to conduct a mass strip search of nearly 200 inmates two days after an inmate punched a guard was undertaken “for one reason and one reason only. It was done for vengeance.”
Conlan’s decision to grant a stay of proceedings effectively throws out the first-degree murder charges. It is the most serious consequence to date of the Maplehurst prisoner abuse scandal, which continues to imperil criminal cases across the province.
“The unthinkable has come to pass,” Conlan wrote in his decision. “First-degree murder and attempted murder charges will not be tried on their merits. The victims and their families and close ones will not see the proceeding continue to its normal end. The community as a whole will not get the satisfaction of having a proper trial on the merits.
What emerged in court testimony was a picture of one of the province’s largest jails as a dysfunctional institution operating with lax managerial oversight, casual disregard for ministry policies, and a toxic culture of retribution where staff could be ostracized for reporting a colleague’s misconduct.
As first reported by the Star last year, the jail deployed its internal riot squad — officially known as the Institutional Crisis Intervention Team (ICIT) — two days after an inmate sucker-punched a guard on Dec. 20, 2023, sending the guard to hospital with a broken orbital bone. That inmate was swiftly removed, transferred to a different jail and charged with assault, while the remaining inmates were locked in their cells for the rest of that day and the next.
