• MapleEngineer
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    1 year ago

    Those residents of Ottawa were the victims of the tantrumist attack. They should absolutely be allowed to testify.

    If you don’t want to be tried in Ottawa don’t commit crimes in Ottawa. If you do commit crimes in Ottawa your victims should be allowed to testify against you.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t blocking Ottawa residents what they are on trial for in the first place?

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    interesting. so they already signed statements admitting to blocking traffic and affecting local businesses, therefore they’re arguing that those testimonies are not necessary. basically this is the equivalent of, “we already admitted it, can’t we just move on?”

    IMO the court should still hear the victims’ impact statements. i hope the judge thinks so too.

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    1 year ago

    I see the lawyer’s point. What relevant testimony will they be able to give in regards to Chris Barber and Tamara Lich? This is not POEC or The other sob story commission that was held in Ottawa for Zexi Li and others to promote their civil case.

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    1 year ago

    “Your Honour, this will be extremely detrimental to our defense. Please!”

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      Why would you repeat the same exact joke someone else made? There were 6 comments total, you couldn’t be bothered to read any of them ?

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          They’re not wrong. Your original comment added nothing new to the discussion. It’s like you’re back on Reddit, and everyone is making the same jokes repeatedly on every post.