First jury trial proceeds since lockdown
The trial of two men accused of a 2017 murder in Montreal North proceeded this week, the first jury trial in Canada to be held since the lockdown. When an accused can be shown to have bragged about killing someone on Facebook, I don’t think jury deliberations should take too long.
Alison Cummins 10:19 on 2020-06-19 Permalink
If I understand correctly:
• Victim V was going to testify against dealer A in a drug trial.
• A had a friend B whose wife C had V as a client.
• Because of this connection, B was given the job of having V killed.
• B got C to lure V into the open and younger friend D to do the actual killing.
D is being charged with second-degree murder and B is being charged with involuntary manslaughter. (C has not been charged?)
This seems like an odd set of charges.
There’s no mention of charges against C.
There are no conspiracy charges; instead, an organizer is being charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Clearly, nobody’s talking. All they have is cellphone records and a thumbprint. … Oh yeah, and a Facebook confession.
Kate 10:42 on 2020-06-19 Permalink
I think this is why we have to pay prosecutors good money.