SiRT Re-Examining Onslow-Belmont + Glen Assoun, Harsh Critique of Judge by Court of Appeal, Witness Protection Retroactive Publication Ban Denied; Courts on Tent Encampments

This week in law, the Serious Incident Response Team's interim director is busy revisiting cases - the Onslow-Belmont shooting during the NS Mass Shooting, and the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. The NS Court of Appeal had harsh words for Provincial Court Judge Alain Begin after Judge Begin made remarks about an accused before closing arguments, and then tried to have those comments removed from the record that would go to the Court of Appeal. After the Randy Riley not guilty verdict, the Witness Protection Plan tried to have a publication ban made retroactive, but were rightly turned down by Justice Arnold. Finally, I discuss the housing crisis, and how courts are likely to treat any efforts to remove tent encampments from public property. Also discussed in this episode, the UK hockey manslaughter charge, President Trump's efforts to be declared immune from criminal prosecution, and the Cameron Ortis guilty verdict.