duvet, weighted with stones and dropped into a river in Winnipeg.
A fifty-six year old man used her for sex was charged,tried and acquitted of the murder by a jury.
The idigenous community was outraged.
There's talk of the need for changes in the justice system. Nothing specific though.Nothing you can put your finger on.
I've only read links on Facebooks posted by David Gonzalves. Listened to the odd newscast.
The death of another indigenous child is not unusual. Complaints from the indigenous-community are also familiar.
The child had a mother. But she didn't raise the child.
She was raised by an aunt. But not really.
At the time if her murder, she was in the care of Winnipeg Children's services. But obviously not.
Parts of the story were never referenced again after first mention.
In the jury trial,the prosecuting attorney presented "circumstantial" evidence.
No defence was presented . The Defense attorney must have decided he didn't need to bother.
The Judge's instructions to the jury were not reported. A judge is supposed to instruct the jury on law.
Guess whatever he said wasn't worth mentioning.
In summation, a fifteen year old child,cared for by no-one throughout her life was brutally murdered...an investigation of sorts happened. A probable suspect was charged and tried. The full paraphernalia of the law was engaged.
No hard evidence was presented to prove the charge. No defence was necessary and none was offered.
The judge's instructions to the jury were not reported.
The jury did all they could in the circumstances. The case was not proven. The suspect was acquitted.
The community went through the motions of outrage.
Another child they didn't care enough about to protect had been murdered and little effort made
to bring justice to bear.
The media skated over the surface of it all .
Tina Fontaine will not be the last child to be used, abused and tossed away. She wasn't the first.
There's lots of noise and people are well-paid to prevent it.
But no sign anything will change...or that anybody really cares.
Or even recognize where the problem lies.
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We can start by understanding that we don't have a justice system. We have a legal system. I know you have been through the ringer with our legal system Evelyn, its pretty sad. Can't imagine going through a murder trial of a child and walking away thinking justice prevailed, regardless of the verdict.
Maunder's sell out and move to BC.
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Who could afford their high prices? Just the pretentious entitled.
Can you believe that by the slimmest of margins the Ontario P.C. party has selected as their leader the man who once held his drunken, drug-addled, criminal befriended brother, the former mayor of Toronto? It sounded as if the voting process was corrupt and confused and a result that was supposed to be announced by 3:00 pm did not get announced until the middle of the night or later.
This is a nightmare!!!
The nightmare has been the Liberals in power for 15 yrs. The real criminals are going to be tossed out on their a**
And I'm confident that Ford will be holding the exit door for all of them in June.
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