Posted on 09/07/08
Taking a respectful view of contempt
Ontario's highest court has reduced to nothing the 60-day contempt sentences imposed on Queen's University professor Robert Lovelace and six other native protesters in Eastern Ontario, and cut their substantial fines nearly to nothing. Although the decision comes too late in some ways - Mr. Lovelace had already served 14 weeks, and the others 10 weeks - it points to a humane and sensible approach in difficult circumstances. The rule of law is not merely a hammer to be wielded by the courts in an automatic or reflexive way.
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