CROWN & JUDGE : IDIOCY, ABSURD & UNFAIR

"Those who forget history are bound to repeat it". While this is probably not an exact quote it reflects my belief in reminding all of us of the gross frailities of our judicial system. The K-W Record carried back to back stories from Canadian Press on September 23 and 24, 2004 dealing with Robert Baltovich. Mr. Baltovich was originally convicted in 1992 of the murder of Elizabeth Bain. Mr. Baltovich was convicted "...on the basis of an absurd Crown theory, a key witness whose testimony changed under hypnosis and the strong likelihood the real criminal was notorious sex killer Paul Bernardo..." Defence lawyer, James Lockyer, also referred to the Crown's theory of the murder as "idiocy". Further he referred to the Judge, Justice John O'Driscoll, at Baltovich's murder trial as unfair and as projecting an "aura of guilt" over Baltovich. One other very interesting item in this murder trial is that the victim's body was never found. Clearly that would suggest that there was literally zero forensic evidence associated with the non existent body. She simply disappeared and yet our Judicial system in it's arrogance and omniscience convinced a jury that her boyfriend was guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. There were lots of theories and zero hard evidence including motive that Mr. Baltovich committed any crime. He spent eight years in jail. The Crown and Judge should get the same sentence for their complicity in railroading him. As long as there is zero accountability for Police, Crown Attorneys and Judges, these horrendous perversions of justice and victimizations of honest citizens will continue.