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A serial killer of Indigenous women is on trial and has plead not guilty because he did what he did due to “mental illness”

“In an unexpected development on Monday, his lawyers said their client has admitted the killings but will argue he is not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.

Families of the victims say they want him held responsible for the murders.

Jeremy Skibicki's victims - Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26, Rebecca Contois, 24, and a fourth unidentified woman who has been given the name Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman - are all First Nations women.

Prosecutors accuse the Winnipeg native, who is in his mid-30s, of taking the women home and sexually assaulting them before murdering them between March and May of 2022.”

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Relief as Canadian Serial Killer Found Guilty in Deaths of Four Women

Tearful cheers erupted in a packed Canadian courtroom on Thursday as a judge found Jeremy Skibicki guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of four Indigenous women. The verdict brought some sense of justice to the grieving families and communities, but for Jeremy Contois, whose younger sister Rebecca was among the victims, the relief was tempered.

"I feel a little sense of relief," Mr. Contois said, though he acknowledged that true closure would not come until Skibicki is formally sentenced.

A Landmark Verdict

In his oral verdict, Manitoba Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal dismissed the defense's argument that Skibicki was not criminally responsible for the murders due to schizophrenia. Prosecutors successfully argued that Skibicki deliberately killed Rebecca Contois and three other women in 2022 in crimes that were calculated and racially motivated.

The guilty verdict marks a significant moment for Canada's Indigenous community, which has long struggled with violence against women. The court was packed with the victims' families and friends, who displayed photos of their loved ones as a poignant reminder of the human cost of these crimes.

The Victims

Skibicki's victims include Morgan Harris, 39; Marcedes Myran, 26; and Rebecca Contois, who was 24. The fourth woman remains unidentified and has been given the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, meaning Buffalo Woman, by Indigenous elders. Throughout the trial, a buffalo head sat on a red cloth near the prosecutors in tribute to the unnamed victim.

Details of the Crimes

According to court documents, Skibicki targeted and exploited vulnerable women he met at local homeless shelters in Winnipeg, a city of 820,000 in the prairie province. He assaulted the women, strangled or drowned them, and then committed sex acts on them before dismembering their bodies and disposing of them in garbage bins.

The killings went undetected for months until a man looking for scrap metal in a bin outside Skibicki’s apartment found partial human remains in May 2022 and called police. These remains were later identified as those of Rebecca Contois. More of her remains were discovered at a city-run landfill the following month. In police interviews, Skibicki admitted to killing Contois and three other women, revealing murders that authorities had not yet discovered.

Community Impact

Judge Joyal emphasized the profound impact the case has had on the entire Manitoba community, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. The guilty verdict was a step towards justice, but the search for the remains of two of the victims, Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, continues. A formal search of a Winnipeg landfill is scheduled for this autumn after months of pressure from their families.

A Plea for Justice

Krista Fox, a family member of one of the victims, highlighted the broader significance of the verdict. "We, as First Nations people, are not statistics. Every single one of us has a name and a family that misses us dearly," she said.

Skibicki's lawyers argued that he was not aware of the severity of his actions due to schizophrenia, claiming he was hearing voices that instructed him to commit the crimes. However, prosecutors demonstrated that Skibicki was fully aware of his actions, which were "intentional, purposeful, and racially motivated." They supported this with DNA forensic evidence, surveillance footage, and testimony from Skibicki’s ex-wife, who detailed a history of physical abuse.

A Step Forward

The case has unearthed deep wounds within Canada’s Indigenous community, which has faced a high number of cases of missing and murdered women. Winnipeg, in particular, has been a focal point of this crisis. According to a 2019 inquiry, Indigenous women in Canada are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than other women.

Despite the relief of the guilty verdict, many in the community, including Rebecca's brother, Jeremy Contois, continue to grapple with the senselessness of the violence. "Why did he have to do it?" he asked. "I wish I knew that."

As the community seeks healing, the focus remains on ensuring that such tragedies are not repeated and that justice continues to be served for all victims.

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[ad_1] Former Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in jail by an Ontario decide after being discovered responsible on 4 counts of sexual assault.Nygard acquired a sentence of three.5 years on one of many convictions and a pair of.5 years on every of the opposite three expenses. Prosecutors had been in search of a complete of 15 years.“Peter Nygard is a sexual predator,” Justice Robert Goldstein of the Ontario Superior Court docket of Justice mentioned as he outlined his causes for the rejecting the disgraced former government’s request for a extra lenient six-year sentence. Nygard, the decide mentioned, used his wealth and energy to prey on girls, then used aggressive ways and degrading language that left his victims humiliated.Nygard, 83, was wheeled into court docket sporting a black jacket with a black hood pulled over his head. He was given an opportunity to talk in court docket, however declined.Nygard confronted six totally different legal expenses in a trial final yr. A jury in Toronto convicted him in November of assaulting quite a lot of girls, starting within the Nineteen Eighties. He was discovered not responsible on one depend of sexual assault and one depend of forcible confinement.The ladies accusing Nygard ranged in age from 16 to their late 20s on the time the assaults occurred. The prosecution alleged Nygard had used his wealth and affect within the vogue business to lure girls to his firm’s Toronto headquarters, the place he assaulted them. Nygard met a number of the girls on journeys to the Bahamas.Nygard’s sentencing was delayed as he turned over his authorized staff. Throughout the trial he was represented by Brian Greenspan, who spent weeks difficult the ladies on their accusations throughout cross examinations. He give up in January, citing moral causes.Toronto lawyer Megan Savard, identified for representing musician Jacob Hoggard in a sexual assault trial, took on Nygard’s case till she, too, resigned. Nygard is now being represented by Gerri Wiebe, who advised reporters her shopper will attraction the sentence. She's going to signify him on legal expenses he faces within the province of Manitoba, she mentioned.In 2020, Nygard was arrested in Winnipeg on US expenses that he trafficked girls and women for intercourse over a interval of 25 years, and the next yr he agreed to US extradition on these expenses.He’s been in jail for years and might be given credit score for time already served, making him eligible for full parole in 27 months.Nygard based Nygard Worldwide within the Sixties, which grew to be one of many largest Canadian-owned sellers of ladies’s clothes. It filed for chapter safety in March 2020.By Stephanie HughesCanadian Style Mogul Peter Nygard Responsible of 4 Counts of Sexual AssaultFormer Canadian vogue mogul Peter Nygard was discovered responsible of 4 counts of sexual assault by a Toronto jury on Sunday, in accordance with CBC Information. [ad_2]

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"JUDGE DENOUNCES HIS ACCUSERS," Kingston Whig-Standard. October 5, 1932. Page 13. --- Declares They Are Trying to "Frame Him"-To Conduct Defence ---- WINNIPEG, Oct. 5. - Charging that his accusers themselves should be under criminal indictment, Judge L. S. G. Stubbs, county judge, came to bat with another furious denunciation of those he claims are trying to "frame" him in the investigation ordered by the Federal Government.

Suggesting that the Government charge an admission to the trial, and asserting that he will conduct his own defense, because he thinks no lawyer he would retain could be depended upon to ask the questions he proposes to advance, he says in a signed statement: "Many of my friends are worrying that the political lynching which has been jointly planned for me by the politicians in power at Winnipeg and Ottawa will take place in camera. Some organizations have even paid me the left-handed compliment of petioning that I be tried in public and not in private. There need be no fears on that score. There will be no star chamber for me; my frameup will be exposed in the most public manner possible.

"My accusers are men who ought themselves to be under criminal indictment, men who obtained nothing less than the government of this province by fraud and through false pretenses - men under whose governance and responsibility our fair province has been converted into a stink-pot."

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A Canadian jury has found the former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexual assault after a six-week trial.

Prosecutors told a Toronto court that Nygard, 82, used his "status" to assault five women in a series of incidents from the late 1980s to 2005.

Nygard denied the charges, and his defence team accused the victims of "gold-digging" for financial gain.

He was found not guilty on a fifth count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement.

Nygard appeared to show no emotion as the verdict was handed down on the jurors' fifth day of deliberations.

According to prosecutors, Nygard lured the women - aged 16 to 28 at the time - to a private luxury bedroom in his firm's Toronto headquarters.

One prosecutor described the room as having "a giant bed...and a bar and doors, doors with no handles and automatic locks controlled by Peter Nygard".

Prosecutors alleged that Nygard would assault the women once they were trapped in the room.

After Nygard's conviction, his son Kai Zen Bickle told reporters outside the Toronto court that the jury's ruling was "a victory" for all those "who came forward and were denied justice".

"One more child won't be affected, one more woman won't be affected, " Mr Bickle said. "(Nygard) has to actually sit down and think about all of these things."

Mr Bickle has become an outspoken supporter of his father's alleged victims and described the moment Nygard was found guilty on Sunday as "emotional".

"There are so many survivors out there, this is their day," he said.

Nygard's lawyer Brian Greenspan said "we will consider the options" when asked by reporters whether Nygard would seek an appeal.

A sentencing hearing will be set on 21 November.

During closing arguments earlier this week, Crown prosecutors and Nygard's defence team painted dramatically different pictures of the man who once hobnobbed with celebrities and stood at the helm of a lucrative global apparel empire.

Mr Greenspan told jurors that the state's case rested on "revisionist history" built on "contradictions and innuendo", Canadian media reported.

He also claimed that four of the five women - who are also part of a US class action lawsuit - were motivated by financial gain.

Over five days of tense testimony and cross-examination earlier in the trial, Nygard said he could never have acted "in that kind of manner" and that he did not recall four of the five women, according to CBC.

Prosecutors relied heavily on the evidence of the women in court.

Crown Attorney Neville Golwalla addressed the media on Sunday after the verdict and thanked the women who had come forward.

"This is a crime that typically happens in private and profoundly impacts human dignity," Ms Golwalla said.

"To stand up and recount those indignities in a public forum such as a courtroom is never easy and takes great courage."

Nygard - who was once estimated to be worth at least $700m (£570m) - is still facing another trial in Montreal next year and assault and confinement charges in Winnipeg.

Once his criminal cases in Canada are completed, he is set to be extradited to the US, where authorities claim he engaged in a "decades-long pattern of criminal conduct" involving at least a dozen victims across the globe. He is currently fighting that extradition.

The guilty verdicts on Sunday cap a stunning fall from grace for Nygard.

In February 2020, he stepped down as chairman of his firm, Nygard International, shortly before it filed for bankruptcy after US authorities raided its New York headquarters.

He has been jailed since his arrest in December the same year.

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April 1937: Violet Norton Fraud Trial

April 21, 1937 – Miami Daily News Record

Clark Gable of the screen is shown with his father, WH Gable, as he went to federal court to testify for the government in the mail fraud trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, charged with attempting to obtain money from the film lover on the claim he was the father of her daughter, Gwendoline, 13.

April 21, 1937 – The Ottawa Citizen

Clark Gable Main Witness At Trial of Violet Norton

Clark Gable categorically denied paternity of 13-year-old Gwendolyn today in a court room besieged by hundreds of women. 

The burly, dark-haired screen idol was a calm, unperturbed government witness in the mail fraud and conspiracy trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, 47, of Winnipeg. 

Mrs. Norton is accused of having demanded money from Gable for support of Gwendoline, who she said was the daughter of the actor. 

Gable’s testimony consisted mainly of “noes.” On direct examination he said he was never in England, certainly not in the early 20s when Mrs. Norton claimed she carried on an illicit romance with one Frank Billings. The defendant said she recognized Gable in pictures years later as Billings…. 

Neither Rhea Gable, the actor’s estranged wife, nor Mrs. Josephine Dillon Gable, his first wife, was in the room, nor was blond Carole Lombard, whom he has constantly escorted during the past year. But Miss Lombard’s secretary and intimate friend, Madeline Fields, was there. 

April 21, 1937 – The Kansas City Times 

Feminine Fans Gable Failed To Dodge 

When Clark Gable went to federal court in Los Angeles yesterday to testify in the mail fraud trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, he was met by a crowd of women there to wish him luck and to get a close view with the actor talking amiably. Later, however, he ducked into the district attorney’s office until the time came for him to deny from the witness stand that he was the father of Mrs. Norton’s 13-year-old daughter.  

April 22, 1937 – The Cushing Daily Citizen

Defense Attorney Calls Gable to Witness Stand 

WH Gable, father of Clark Gable, and Jack Powell, assistant federal attorney, in court at Los Angeles, Cal., to assist government in mail fraud trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, who allegedly claimed that the movie actor was the father of her daughter.

April 23, 1937 – Battle Creek Enquirer

Clark Gable, handsome movie actor, sat in a lawyer’s office in Los Angeles and read newspapers during progress of the extortion trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton who once called Gable the father of her 13-year-old daughter. An excited crowd of women waited in vain for the screen lover to appear. 

April 23, 1937 – Los Angeles Times

Milk Served At Star’s Press Conference 

Clark Gable had a press conference yesterday while the trial of Violet Wells Norton was in progress. Milk and sandwiches were served. Gable is shown at the right and seated at the left is Asst. U.S. Atty. Powell, handling the government’s case.

April 24, 1937 – Daily News

Gable Awaits Jury Verdict 

Relaxing from drama of courtroom, preview with Carole Lombard, screen actress, Los Angeles jury convicted Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, of misusing mails in accusing Gable of paternity of daughter, 14.

April 26, 1937 – Daily News

Court’s Adjourned 

His role as chief government witness in the trial of Mrs. Violet Norton completed, Clark Gable relaxes at Hollywood theatre with Carole Lombard, who is something to relax with.

April 26, 1937 – Princeton Daily Clarion

Gable Goes Back to Reel Life 

Back on the movie lot co-starring Jean Harlow, Clark Gable declared himself sorry Mrs. Violet Wells Norton “had to come to grief” in Los Angeles court which found her guilty of misuse of the mails in her contention the famous screen lover is the father of her illegitimate daughter, Gwendoline, 13. Gable is shown with United States Attorney Jack Powell, as the trial reached conclusion.

April 26, 1937 – The Courier

The very moment the Clark Gable trial is finished Franz Doerfer, who told of knowing him during the days he was supposed to be courting Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, will be entertained at dinner where she will meet Carole Lombard. 

Miss Doerfer, a charming woman, has been besieged by countless publications with a proposition to write or tell of her early association with the movie idol. She has refused all such offers and only appeared in court because she realized the value of her testimony. Clark’s dignified and good humored behavior during the trying days in court have won him the admiration of Hollywood.

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Best Lawyers In Canada

Alice Woolley

Professor and associate dean-academic, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Calgary, Alta. Woolley is a true changemaker in the region of law and technology as well as law regulation.  She's been a valuable member of the Canadian Bar Association's integrity and professional responsibility committee.  Her work with the CBA Futures job as an ethics and regulatory issues staff member is really making a mark at the legal community.  Woolley is responsible for sweeping educational modifications as chairwoman of the committee that developed and embraced significant curricular changes at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Law, which concentrate on the practical elements of legal instruction and will come into effect in September. What voters had to say: Leading expert on legal profession and ethics; when she talks, people listen.   Alice is a pragmatic visionary.  Educating law students in a way that will prepare them for a 21st century clinic is of crucial importance to the future of the profession.

Justice Murray Sinclair

Chairman, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Winnipeg, Man.  A rare write-in candidate winner for  this season 's Top 25, Sinclair was on the list last year, making headlines in June with the release of the overview of the report of the TRC along with 94 recommendations to redress the cultural genocide of Canada's residential college program.   Over six decades, Sinclair directed the TRC hearing the tales of over 7,000 survivors of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse.  Sinclair, that was the first aboriginal judge in Manitoba, was first appointed to the provincial court where he became associate leader in 1988 and then elevated to the Court of Queen's Bench at 2001.  He had been co-commissioner of Manitoba's Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in 1988 and presided over a 2000 inquest into the deaths of 12 infants at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.  Sinclair expects to finish the commission's complete report in the near future, after which he will choose whether to return to retire or court and advocate for indigenous rights fulltime.

Marie Henein

Old spouse, Henein Hutchison LLP, Toronto, Ont. Considered one of Canada's best criminal defence lawyers, Henein is known for representing high-profile clients such as former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi -- charged with seven counts of sexual assault, of which two have been dropped -- former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant, and junior hockey trainer David Frost.  Most recently Henein has taken on the event of defence counsel colleague Leora Shemesh, that had been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice by Peel Police.  Henein is well-known in the profession as a go-to lawyer for all high-profile criminal matters.  She has an excellent history of wins versus losses and has been a part of the team that recently was successful in having John Salmon's conviction in a 1970s murder . What Republicans needed to say: Most observable leader of [the] criminal defence bar.

Justice Ian Nordheimer

Judge, Ontario Supreme Court, Toronto, Ont.  Nordheimer's name is becoming synonymous with class actions suits mostly due to his judgment, which overturned Justice Edward Belobaba's conclusion in a high-profile case on carriage at the Barrick Gold class action suit.  Nordheimer given the losing coalition of law firms leave to appeal Belobaba's decision at the Divisional Court.  He is likely the strongest Superior Court degree judge in the country using a decade on the seat and generates perhaps the greatest number of thorough judgments every year compared to some trial level estimate.  He is known for his quick wit and sharp decisions.  In the last year, Nordheimer has made quite a splash in the legal community by upholding a professional field punishment for present LSUC bencher Joe Groia and releasing information that revealed Rob Ford was the topic of a police investigation.What that the panel had to say: He is the sort of judge that should be on the Court of Appeal... or greater.  A judge of complete integrity.

Jean-Pierre Blais

Chairman, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa-Gatineau Blais is not afraid of criticism and is willing to go above and beyond in the name of consumer rights.  A recent CRTC decision will give users more freedom to select TV channels of their liking as part of their cable and satellite subscriptions despite bitter opposition from Canada's cable businesses.  Blais called out former Bell Media president Kevin Crull, without naming names, over reports Crull told CTV news personnel not to interview him after that choice.  Crull ended up apologizing for interfering in the news gathering process and later stepped down.  From telemarketers to telcos, Blais consistently aims to encourage the rights and demands of customers. What Republicans needed to say: Reaching big shift with consumer-minded focus.  About time!

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Analyzing the Snicket Aesthetic, Part 5/5: Society and Law

-Values and social conventions are all over the place. A good rule of thumb is that sympathetic characters tend to be more progressive, and bad/stupid ones more old-fashioned. This is most clear in the way other characters react to Violet’s interest in a traditionally masculine field; namely, the only characters who overtly disapprove are Mr. Poe and Count Olaf. Olaf’s baddie squad often remark on her appearance, while her friends/family are more likely to compliment her intellect.

Figure 1: Crow fascism is a thing in this universe, apparently.

GENDER

         -Despite the old-school style, the Snicketverse doesn’t seem to be much more patriarchal than most of the modern world. Female characters take on a variety of traditionally masculine careers such as medicine and politics, and can presumably make a fair amount of money independently. Esme is almost certainly the breadwinner of the Squalor household.

         -Despite being pregnant while presumably unmarried (possibly, see my note on marriage and last names below), Kit does not seem to face any stigma, nor is her ability to support a child by herself questioned. In real life, single motherhood has been (and still is to some extent) stigmatized until quite recently. As late as the mid-20th century, it was not uncommon for single mothers to institutionalized and/or pressured into giving up their children for adoption.

-One or two characters disapprove of Violet’s inventing, and in the show she apparently takes enough offense at the term “tomboy” to risk breaking character while in disguise. It may have been used towards her in a derogatory sense at some point.

-Women may not necessarily take on the last names of their husbands at marriage. Esme does not change her last name after splitting with Jerome. Quite a few fans also theorize that Bertrand changed his last name to Baudelaire to match with Beatrice’s.  

-The token nonbinary character, the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender, is given a notably more sympathetic portrayal in the series than in the books. (The books even use the pronoun “it” on a regular basis—yikes.)

-Personally, I’m 100% on board with the interpretation of Isadora as transgender, since the books suggest that the Quagmires are genetically identical. Sadly, this can’t really be considered canon to the Netflix series, which portrays her as looking very different from her brothers. It can still be canon in our hearts, though.

 GAY STUFF

         -The stance of LGBT etc. issues in this universe is sort of up in the air, and seems to roughly reflect those contemporary to the writing of each adaption. Sir and Charles are ambiguously gay in the books, and openly so in the show. Lemony laments that “it will be some time before two women are allowed to marry” in the Beatrice Letters, but mentions “more progressive court rulings” in the show.

         -In the show, Larry Your-Waiter mentions his mothers, presumably Mrs. Your and Mrs. Waiter. The Penultimate Peril, Part One reveals the pairings of Jerome/Charles and Babs/Mrs. Bass.

         -In the one of the Grim Grotto episodes, however, Esme opines that a family consists of “one man, one woman, and their children,” although this is mostly to flex on Fernald.

 RACE

         -Race is never overtly mentioned in the text itself. The illustrations and the movie are conspicuously white, although the cast of the show is fairly diverse. For the most part, the Snicketverse seems largely “color-blind,” for better or worse.  

 RELIGION

-Religious practices are almost never overtly shown, but Judaism, at least from a cultural standpoint, is quite prominent, especially in the Netflix series. Both the Baudelaire and Snicket families are confirmed as Jewish by the author. Other religions certainly do exist, however. Lemony mentions hiding out in a cathedral, and the Hotel Denouement boasts “a church, a cathedral, a chapel, a synagogue, a mosque, a temple, a shrine” and “a shuffleboard court.”

LEGAL SYSTEM

         -Aristocracies seem to pop up in odd places. The city has at least one Count, Winnipeg has a Duchess, and Arizona apparently has a King. That being said, neither Count Olaf nor the Duchess seem to reap any political power from their titles, so we can’t necessarily assume that His Arizonian Highness actually serves as a functional monarch. On the whole, the Snicketverse’s aristocracy is likely a relic from the past, now lingering only in social custom.

         -In fact, we can really only speculate on who, if anyone, is in charge of the region where the series takes place. No government above the city level is ever alluded to, and each town seems to have its own legal system. Paltryville has its own constitution, and the Village of Fowl Devotees has a seniority-based oligarchy.

         -Likewise, each town can make and enforce its own laws—and even carry out extrajudicial executions—with no apparent restriction or oversight. This is especially noticeable in The Vile Village.

         -However, if each town in the Snicketverse functioned like a sovereign nation, things would most likely play out a bit differently. Characters travel frequently without encountering any apparent borders or having to exchange currency. Nor were the Baudelaires able to seek asylum in neighboring towns after The Vile Village. It is likely that each town functions more or less independently, while formally being unified by the rather permissive and/or ineffectual government of the City.

         -The only governing body established to exist in the City is the High Court. Presumably, however, there are other city-level officials; someone must be making and probably enforcing those laws. (?) Government and law enforcement tend to be collectively and vaguely referred to as “the authorities.”  

Figure 2: Despite thier aura of menace, these two were apparently elected to powerful government positions. Assuming the City actually has a democracy.

         -That being said, the High Court is, in many ways, absurdly powerful. Judges can apparently determine when, where, and how trials are carried out, and can even order the entire courtroom to wear blindfolds.

         -The trial in The Penultimate Peril does not appear to have a jury or any lawyers. Due to some narration in The Bad Beginning we know that lawyers exist in the Snicketverse, and apparently there is enough demand for their services for them to earn considerable income.

         -Police are mentioned once or twice in ASOUE, but they seem to be utterly ineffectual. All of the named officers in either series are stationed in small towns. As early as The Reptile Room, the Baudelaires demand that Mr. Poe attempt to catch Count Olaf personally rather than relying on police. Later on, when the Baudelaires are on the run, they hardly ever seem to encounter actual police officers. Before the trial in TPP, murder suspects are locked in the storage closets of a hotel rather than an actual jail. Some degree of vigilantism seems to be expected of citizens.

         -In fact, vigilantism seems to be one of V.F.D.’s main directives. In ATWQ, Lemony describes himself as a detective. Dewey’s library reportedly consists of evidence that could be used to prosecute various criminals. The Netflix series features several volunteers actively trying to capture Count Olaf. The need for secrecy could stem from interpretations of the law that differ from those of the official government.

         -City laws are interpreted and enforced in a highly literal and pedantic manner. For instance, a signature coerced via threats is considered legally binding, but one signed with the non-dominant hand is not. Fleeing the scene of a crime is illegal, even if said crime scene is on fire.

         -The age of legal adulthood is 18. It is not clear if individuals must be of age to inherit property or live independently throughout the city, or if this is a stipulation only of the Baudelaire family will.

         -Caligari Carnival is able to openly advertise their intentions to publicly feed live employees to lions without so much as a lawsuit, let alone criminal charges. Human rights, apparently, are not a big deal here. On the other hand, Justice Strauss clearly states that dangling caged babies from tower windows is illegal. Remote outposts such as the carnival may operate outside the jurisdictions of any towns. Come to think of it, that would explain why someone decided to build a carnival in the middle of nowhere.

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Role of Criminal Lawyer in Criminal Cases and Defense Proceedings

Criminal law or penal law is the body of law that relates to crime and punishment. A crime is any act or omission of an act in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. Criminal law regulates the social conduct and behavior of persons and proscribes whatever is threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the health, safety, moral welfare of people and the property. Criminal law involves prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime. Criminal law includes the punishment of people who violate the laws by imprisonment, fine, forfeiture of property, etc. Criminal lawyer also known as criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Most of them work in private practice or in a firm. Some work for non-profit agencies or for the government as public defenders. A public defender is an attorney appointed by the court to represent defendants who cannot afford a lawyer. Criminal lawyers handle a diverse range of criminal cases, ranging from domestic violence crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, drug crimes, theft, embezzlement, fraud and various other crimes. Criminal lawyers serve as both an advisor and an advocate for their clients. Criminal lawyers represent the accused or defendants facing criminal charges in the trial courts as well as in the appellate courts.  In case you loved this informative article and you want to receive more info about lawyer murdered Winnipeg assure visit the internet site. The scope of a lawyer includes bail hearings, trial, revocation hearings (parole or probation), appeals and post-conviction remedies. It also includes plea bargaining on behalf of the accused. The work of a criminal lawyer includes study the case thoroughly, research case law, statutes and procedural law. A criminal lawyer has to build a strong defense and develop a case strategy. He has to draft, file and argue on behalf of the accused. A lawyer's work also includes negotiating with the prosecution to plea bargain to lesser charges. A criminal lawyer also represents the accused at the appellate stages, if required. Criminal lawyers must have excellent oral and written advocacy skills in order to argue a client's case before a judge and persuade a jury. Apart from it investigative and research skills are also important in building a client's case and establishing a strong defense. A criminal defense lawyer is hired by an accused so as to protect his rights as if he does not engage one then he might unknowingly waive his rights and harm his own interests. Similarly there is a criminal Prosecutor who is responsible for bringing a case against an accused person in a criminal trial. The burden of proof initially rests on the prosecutor, who must prove that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This is because a criminal defendant is always considered to be innocent until proven guilty. So, in brief the job duties of a criminal lawyer include meeting with clients, examining witnesses or complainants, interacting with the police and district attorney or public prosecutor, researching case law and appearing in court on behalf of his client.  

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WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago has been acquitted.

Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg.

His lawyers say a confession Woodhouse supposedly made was in fluent English, although he primarily spoke Saulteaux.

The federal justice minister ordered a new trial earlier this year and today the Crown acknowledged the case was a miscarriage of justice.

Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Manitoba Court of King's Bench says systemic discrimination affected the police investigation and the prosecution of the case.

Two other men convicted in the killing, Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse, had their convictions quashed last year after a new trial was ordered and the Crown asked for an acquittal.

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Events 5.15

495 BC – A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills. To spite the senate and the consuls, the people awarded the dedication to a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius. 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 908 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband. 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). 1648 – The Treaty of Westphalia is signed. 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. 1730 – Robert Walpole effectively became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1776 – American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights. 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph. 1800 – King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity. 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. 1848 – Serfdom is abolished in the Habsburg Galicia, as a result of the 1848 revolutions. The rest of monarchy followed later in the year. 1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily. 1850 – The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. 1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1867 – Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961. 1869 – Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima. 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. 1925 – Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded. 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. 1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. 1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak. 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4. 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command. 1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. 1970 – Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests. 1972 – The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. 1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President. 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. 1976 – Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board. 1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier. 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title The Invincibles 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.

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"JONES AND KELLY WILL SERVE 36 YEARS IN PRISON," Winnipeg Tribune. June 14, 1912. Page 8. ---- Nineteen Years Extra for Four Men Who Broke Out of Ports- mouth Penitentiary ---- Kingston, Ont., June 14. - Nineteen years were added by Judge Madden to each of the sentences of Frank Jones, Harry Kelly and George Brown, the western desperadoes, who on April 20 escaped from the provincial penitentiary at Portsmouth after assaulting and wounding guards and keepers. The convicts came upyesterday at the court of general session along with Arthur Bonner, the Australian, who came under their influence at Stoney Mountain penitentiary and, became further associated with them at the time of their escape. Bonnar conducted his case with the skill of a lawyer. Jones. when he saw how the Jury acted in the charges against his comrades, put in a plea of guilty and saved the court an hour trying him.

The additional nineteen years means that Jones and Kelly have thirty-six years of prison lite before them, while Brown, the abductor of Gladys Price, will serve twenty-seven years before he will be a free man.

Bonnar made a splendid plea to the judge when he stood up for sentence. He asked for chance to become a useful member of society. Judge Madden was so impressed that, while he gave him the same sentence as the other three men, he informed Bonnar that if he behaved himself well in the prison during the remaining years of his western sentence he would be given an opportunity at the expiration of the seven years to apply for a pardon.

Past Records Frank Jones and Arthur Kelly are the names under which the Macum brothers are known in Winnipeg and they are looked upon by the local police as two of the most daring criminals with which they have had to deal. After committing a series of robberies here they were rounded up in Elmwood by Constable Mackenzio and chased across the river. Cornered in the red light area, they shot W. P Traynor, and later were arrested by several constables headed by Hugh Brown. Traynor laid at the point of death for some days, but ultimately recovered and is now desk sergeant at police headquarters. During the chase after Jones and Kelly between thirty and forty shots were fired at the constables who were unarmed. Shortly after this the police commission decided that all constables must be armed to prevent a similar trouble in the future.

Brown is the man who abducted. Miss Price from the school house near Snowflake. For eight days the Pembine valley was scoured by the settlers who left their work and armed themselves with any weapon on which they could lay their hands. However, despite the vilizance Brown succeeded in stealing food from the Western hotel at Snowflake and disturbed in one of his raids he shot William Adams, the proprietor. Eight days after abducting Miss Price Brown was captured two miles south of the boundary in a house where he had gone for food and shelter.

Bonnar is a horse thief sentenced here on several charges. He made a sensational leap from a train while being brought in for trial and also made several attempts to escape. With such men as Brown, Jones and Kelly he was considered too dangerous to keep in the penitentiary at Stony Mountain so the quartette, heavily shackled, were sent to Kingston, it was while nearing the eastern penitentiary that they made the break for liberty for which they were sentenced today.

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