Posted AT 5:07 AM EDT on 10/12/07
Lawyers weigh in on the Crown's next step
Yesterday's verdict in the Pickton trial has made it likely that the Crown will move quickly to prosecute 20 additional murder charges, some legal experts said yesterday.They said that while the six convictions for second-degree murder against Mr. Pickton will almost certainly result in him spending the rest of his life behind bars, the Crown has both a moral and practical obligation to take one more crack at convicting Mr. Pickton of the ultimate crime.
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