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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Zundel(section 177 of CCC)
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 10:55:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 10:55:14 1985
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Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
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In article <2731@garfield.UUCP> robertj@garfield.UUCP (Robert Janes) writes:
|| The government of Ontario showed no interest in prosecuting
||Zundel so another body (the Jewish Defense League ??) brought the charges and
||the Crown Prosecutor was called in because this was a felony charge and in the 
||public interest....
||
The charge was laid by Sabina Citron, an individual and a Holocaust
survivor. The organization with which she is involved is the
Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association. The JDL was supportive
but not involved in laying the charges.

The Crown Attorney took over because every such case has to be
followed up by the Crown. Incidentally, there's no concept of
"felony" in Canada; that's a U.S. term. The distinction here is
between "summary conviction" offenses (max. $500 fine, 6 months in jail)
and "indictable" offenses. Trial by jury is only available for
indictable offenses. Some charges (e.g., theft) may be prosecuted
either way at the option of the Crown.

Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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