MORE TROUBLE & DELAY FOR ASHLEY SMITH INQUEST

Lawyers and courts occasionally tend to disgust me and this is one of those times. It's been five years since Ashley Smith died by strangulation in front of numerous allegedly responsible witnesses who literally stood there and watched her die. Accountability time is long overdue and yet more procedural delays are forthcoming. Three doctors, one from Woolwich Township, one from Burlington and one from St. Thomas are suggesting that various doctors outside of Ontario who signed off on her multiple transfers before her death, should not be issued summonses . The most recent story was in last Friday's Waterloo Region Record and was titled "Scope of Smith inquest questioned".

Apparently Smith suffered from mental illness and her treatment included multiple transfers and almost constant time in solitary confinement. Until or unless you've spent time incarcerated and in solitary confinement you have no idea of what that is like. To do that to a mentally ill teenager is beyond disgusting and certain people desperately need a major dose of their own medicine in that regard. Lawyers and courts however often have the ability to blame the victim and allow the real criminals, especially white collar criminals, to walk. Enough of the excuses and delays, get on with this inquest. Ashley Smith and her family can never get justice but at least they deserve the truth.