From: planetj7@bellsouth.net   
      
   Amen to that!   
      
   Rob wrote:   
      
   >I was speaking with a Vancouver, Canada criminal lawyer last week, who has   
   >had involvement in the case of a serial killer of prostitutes in that city   
   >that has shocked the country -- perhaps Americans are even aware of the   
   >crime.   
   >   
   >The accused owned a farm outside the city and apparently ushered them to the   
   >site and then murdered them and buried them throughout his property.   We're   
   >talking double figures here, in terms of the number of killings.   
   >   
   >The case has brought storms of protest that the cops were negligent in their   
   >investigations -- that the killing of prostitutes was given short shrift by   
   >the boys in blue, on the basis that the disappearance of  streetwalkers is   
   >not worthy of investigation.   
   >   
   >Turns out the reality is a little more pragmatic, and not so judgmental.   
   >   
   >Turns out that, because any investigation into prostitution likely reveals   
   >drug use, connections, dealers ... that the cops were quickly diverted to   
   >that activity, that the force was too easily distracted by the chance of   
   >making a drug bust ...   
   >   
   >So, in Vancouver, making a drug bust trumps the serial murders of human   
   >beings ...   
   >   
   >Proof that the drug war is more deadly than any drug.   
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