The police service in Edmonton is taking exception to the Crown making a plea arrangement to manslaughter to what should be a trial and conviction for 1st degree murder.
We need to see more of this - and in particular more shaming of the Crown for their poor practices in perpetrator accommodation...
"It is trite law that the Crown does not win or lose,” Hankewich concluded. “
But what we expect from the Crown — what you and the public should expect — is that the Crown is a zealous advocate for justice. Unfortunately, so far, we have not seen that in this case.”
Edmonton police object to the Crown prosecution service's planned plea deal in the case of a mother charged with murdering her young daughter.
edmontonjournal.com