On Wed, 12/10/14, Jose Colaco <[email protected]> wrote: 5: Contrary to what you have asserted, Even in Ontario, Juries do NOT interpret the law. 6: You continue to MISS the single-most important facet (Absent in your story) which would have converted a (say) Manslaughter into Murder/Attempted Murder (all alleged, of course) ------------------------------------------------------- jc, I understand your argument on the higher level in point 5). In practice however, a jury in Canada will be fed the law, the jury instructions and they then have the task of a guilty or not guilty verdict (depending on how well they understood or interpret the law). The judge does the sentencing.
Ronald Opus 6) is a fictional account. It was introduced to get people to voice opinions and perhaps find out how the law should be shaped. Making the case easier does not get people to think. The coming drone intrusion is going to cause a lot of challenges to existing laws. Before that happens, should we send a drone to JoeGoaUK? As a friend pointed out - a camera with no strings attached. Mervyn
