On 6/8/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Respectfully, I think they stayed on the right side of the law, from an > American perspective. > Correct me if I am wrong, but the US system is designed to protect the > rights of the individual as it's primary mandate. > Maintaining the integrity of the intent of law sometimes means that this > sort of thing will happen. > The Canadian model seems to differ somewhat, in that it protects the rights > of society, often at the expense of individual rights and freedoms. > Of course, I could also be full of fermenting beans. > > William Robb >
I think the crimial law systems are close to the same in both countries. Harsher (and somewhat irreversable, in some cases) penalties in the US. But the burdens of proof, and the balancing of society's and the individual's rights are close to the same, IIRC. However, I could be full of crap. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
