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Exhibit A: We all know that in a fair justice system, everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but, just as a matter of speculation, what if the accused are 100% guilty of a crime? Is it “justice” that allows their defense lawyers to find “reasonable doubt” after seven year’s delay? Or to find minute technical differences in evidence in an attempt to discredit witnesses? Seems to me that in these instances, the REAL criminals and what REALLY happened are not on trial - the procedures are.
Perhaps there is room for doubt: is a conviction of 99%, 96% or 85% guilty going to help the REAL victims in a trial? Where is the “Defense” counsel for murdered victims - do we need another counsel group that is allowed to speak for the defense-less (i.e. Counsel C) to clarify technical issues related to what is initially deemed as “inadmissible evidence”?
How can a society progress when it allows gang members to make a mockery of justice? And what is “justice” to a drug dealer / enforcer? Why is it that they have absolutely no respect for law when they commit their crimes, yet fully use and abuse law when it serves their purposes in criminal proceedings? Or is such a trial necessary so that next time they get better at avoiding getting caught for their actions, or finding a better defense lawyer (or heaven forbid, even more defense lawyers) to uncover more unconsequential loopholes? But I digress, since, thank goodness I am not a lawyer, and...
Disclaimer: Note that all people, places and events mentioned above (Exhibit A), and all the above rambling comments above (Exhibit A) are not related to, nor have anything to do with the “Surrey Six Trial” (Exhibit B) which is coincidentally taking place in Vancouver, B.C., starting on September 30, 2013, six years after the original slayings occurred on October 19, 2007 at the Balmoral Tower in Surrey, B.C.
Exhibit B: In this “Surrey Six Trial”, three gangsters are accused in one of the most heinous murders in B.C. history: Matthew Johnston, Cory Haevischer and Quang Vinh Thang (Michael) Le. Together, with Dennis Karbovanec (who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2009) and Jamie Bacon, they are accused of killing Edward Narong, Corey Lal, Michael Lal, Ryan Bartolomeo in a gang-related slaying. Ed Schellenberg and Chris Mohan were also killed as innocent bystanders.
May justice prevail for all of the accused, and if they are not guilty (as they all pled), my sympathy goes out to them. However, if they are guilty (in whole or part), may REAL justice be dealt in this case... but of course, in a legal sense - not in the style that they themselves have become accustomed to...
I wonder what Ed Schellenberg and Chris Mohan would think, looking down at these proceedings...
Quote from CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, “... but I’m not bitter!”
by Joe Defries, brother-in-law of Ed Schellenberg
Vancouver Sun Update on 2 December 2017: “Bombshell Jamie Bacon ruling breaks hearts of murder victims’ families. The families of the two bystanders killed in the Surrey Six drug murders a decade ago have been left disgusted and broken-hearted after the B.C. Supreme Court threw out charges against Jamie Bacon, the man accused of being the mastermind behind the slaughter.
Steve Brown, who lost his brother-in-law Ed Schellenberg, said Saturday that he felt numb when he heard news of the court’s ruling. He said that he is too ‘worn out’ to be angry.
‘There is no trust left. People are just disgusted. They are just disgusted with the whole thing,’ Brown said.”
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Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. - Charles Lamb
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The police are recruited from the criminal classes. - Gore Vidal
Lawyers are ideological enemies of informal justice. - Richard L Abel
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Stop soft soapin' and trying to deterge the judge! - Archie Bunker
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Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. - H.W. Shaw
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It is a secret worth knowing, that lawyers rarely go to law. - Moses Crowell
A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless it is paid for. - Unknown
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. - Groucho Marx
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. - Gerald Jampolsky
The ablest lawyers are always associated with the biggest fees. - Clarence Darrow
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. - Boethius
Adam was the luckiest man in the world - he had no mother-in-law. - Sholom Aleichem
Lawyers are like rabbits. They have a nasty habit of multiplying. - Leo Reilly
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. - Ambrose Bierce
A lawyer is an odd sort of fish, first rotten, then green, then ripe. - Robert Christy
Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book. - Jamie Lee Curtis
So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit. - S.I. Hayakawa
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. - Bertrand Russell
Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings and lawyers. - Richard Pryor
Washington, D.C.: Where the criminals cover their crimes by making them legal. - Frank Dane
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Under the English legal system you are innocent until you are shown to be Irish. - Ted Whitehead
Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge. - David Mellor
Lawyers are like the knights of old. You can use them to plunder other people's stuff. - Gene Gordon
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown. - Victor Hugo
The practice of medicine occurs even in primitive society, but law accompanies civilization. - Saying
Self-preservation is the first law of nature, but self-sacrifice is the highest rule of grace. - Unknown
Whatever their other contributions to our society, lawyers could be an important source of protein. - Guindon
Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty. - Felix G Rohatyn
There's a lot of fake people in the world, but before you judge them, make sure you're not one of them. - Unknown
There is never a deed so foul that something couldn't be said for the guy; that's why there are lawyers. - Melvin Belli
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. - Albert Einstein
The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer. - Will Rogers
Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver. - Ravi Zacharias
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Lawyers are like cheeses. There are lots of good ones, but not everybody likes the taste of some or can afford the best of others. - Robin Ellison
Once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher... but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer. - Brenda Schaepp
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it was stupid. - Albert Einstein
While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. - Eugene V Debs
While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously. - Tim Allen
Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge. - Apothegm of Narda
see also
Legal Section
Justice Is Blind - Part 2
Gun Laws
Legal Assistance For All
Memorial Service for Ed Schellenberg
Surrey Six Trial - Word Search Puzzle
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