Cory talks about the latest release of Lich on bail.
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Summary
Tamara Leach has been locked up for months awaiting trial on mischief charges, but a judge has now ruled that she should be released from jail. Why is it that a woman with no criminal record is being jailed for taking a selfie next to the wrong person?
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I've been something of a dedicated news watcher since I learned how to turn on a TV as a child
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and since learning how to read, I devoured newspapers at every chance.
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I was something of a dork that way, and I still am now.
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Never in all my reading have I seen such an obsessive persecution
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and attempted prosecution of a Canadian citizen as I have with Tamara Leach.
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I mean, we've got a frothing social media mob comprising of everybody from average citizens
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to establish media members, and they're waving figurative pitchforks
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and demanding that a non-violent dominion of grandmother remain locked up for months
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Are they so lost in their frenzy that they can't stop a moment and look at themselves,
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Do they really want to live in a society where activists protesting the state
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can be jailed indefinitely over an offense so petty as having taken a selfie next to the wrong person?
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And I hope some of these folks can really take a breather
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and bear in mind that precedents are being set,
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and some of their beloved left-wing activists might face similar treatment in the future
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And I would oppose the treatment of them too, by the way.
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I support the freedom to protest for left and right.
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Protesters have crossed the line and found themselves facing criminal charges
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Never, though, has a peaceful protester faced such a malicious prosecution as Tamara Leach has.
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I mean, in searching, it's not hard to find examples of protesters
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who have long criminal histories and been charged with assaulting police
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and all sorts of things, and they're immediately released on bail.
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We can find cases almost daily of sex offenders and other criminals
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with long violent histories too, and they're released on bail with fewer conditions than Leach.
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There's no doubt that this ongoing hysteric effort to jail Leach is politically motivated.
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The Crown Prosecutor donated $17,000 to Trudeau's Liberals.
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He's more than just a casual supporter of the party.
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He also knows that if he can make a petty prime minister like Trudeau smile,
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he can find himself with a judicial appointment.
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as he's been chastened in the courtroom repeatedly for his zealous actions.
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The Justice of the Peace who refused to release Leach a couple weeks ago
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could very well have been seeking promotion as well.
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I mean, he's just a bureaucrat, and he wasn't even a lawyer.
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When Leach's case has gone before real judges, though they've ruled,
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They understand the law, even if so many Craven Trudeau fart catchers can't.
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Justice Goodman politely explained to an outraged Crown Prosecutor yesterday
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how the law works as he ruled that Leach was to be released.
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Goodman noted that two Justices of the Peace aligned themselves with the Prosecutor,
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It was sort of a polite way of saying the JPs were out of their depth.
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Goodman also pointed out the Crown needed to prove men's ria in the case.
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That essentially means proving Leach knowingly and purposely breached a bail conditioning.
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Taking a quick selfie didn't really meet that far.
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Justice Goodman corrected the record on something that many Trudeau apologists keep claiming.
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He pointed out that she's not charged with sedition or inciting a riot.
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He said while the protests were of national import,
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the charges relate to minor offenses in the criminal code.
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And he finds it highly unlikely that a woman with no criminal record
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This is important. She's been charged with mischief.
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He's also noting if she was convicted on the charges she has,
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she's already served enough days to cover any sentence in the future in reality.
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The judge ordered the shackles to be removed from the grandmother and that she be released.
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She hasn't been found not guilty by the courts.
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But she still has, she presents no risk to society in being free while she awaits trial.
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Only the most fanatical of people would think she presents any real risk to the public.
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but another of the absurd assaults on her freedom has been lifted, at least for the time being.
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We're witnessing political persecution and travesty of justice in real time in a nation that used to pride itself on freedoms.
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History is not going to look kindly upon this year's events in Canada with Tamara Leach.