XPost: can.general, can.politics   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 8/9/2011 1:17 PM, Canuck57 wrote:   
   > On 09/08/2011 11:39 AM, David Johnston wrote:   
   >> On 8/9/2011 11:18 AM, Canuck57 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> So judge overturns a jury verdict if I get this right.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hm, government always wins. I am not sure $1.3M is right, but a jury   
   >>> should over ride an in the pocket judge.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Three judges actually. (Could be more, but three is the minimum) And I   
   >> find it difficult to disagree with their ruling in this case.   
   >   
   > I agree that $1.3M is far too much...   
      
   No I disagree that he should have been awarded anything.  The warrant   
   was legitimate.  He had no more right to be compensated for his trauma   
   than someone with coulophobia has to be compensated for unexpectedly   
   seeing a clown.   
      
   >   
   > Somehow I trust a jury more than three Canadian judges. I have a hard   
   > time getting over that. So what we are saying is a jury matters not, and   
   > if the government doesn't like a jury decision then the government is   
   > free to just toss out the decision?   
      
   The appeals courts are not "the government".  The ruling party has no   
   control over their rulings.  And while I'm sure you are SHOCKED to learn   
   that the Supreme Court is made of judges, I'll remind you that crown   
   prosecutors have a much more restricted right to appeal than convicts.   
      
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