Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 20, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press september 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 Ken of Gliotti free press school of hard knocks Pauls High school teacher Mike Watson right is King of the joust pit As he sends Grade 9 student Kyle Bracken to the mat Pauls and marys Academy students held a sports Day at Assiniboine Park yesterday after their annual eight Kilometre Terry Fox bid on to reduce jury trials guilty pleas Cut court often mean lower sentences for Crooks by Mike Mclntyre a push is on to reduce the number of jury trials clogging Manito Bas overcrowded courts and criminals Are cashing in through reduced sentences for Early guilty for the past Crown attorneys and defence lawyers have been meeting in private to discuss All cases where the accused has elected to have 12 jurors decide his or her known As Resolution their intent is to try to find some common ground which could result in a Deal and spare a Tim consuming jury but criminals who own up to their actions Are reaping the along with taxpayers and Justice it seems to me that a plea of guilty to an offence is often taken into consideration at very its the very first sign of said Queens Bench associate chief Justice Jeffrey a Strong proponent of Resolution if an accused is prepared to plead guilty and relieve the necessity of hav ing the victim come to court to i think its Worth some the Crown has been known to Sweet in the pot if an accused pleads guilty before and criminals often find the sentencing Range much higher if they fight their cases at trial and said defence lawyer Greg the recently concluded Manitoba warriors trial was a High profile in which the Crown lowered its original sentencing Range As the landmark Case dragged on and jury selection Drew Justice sources the final 12 accused eventually pleaded guilty following lengthy meetings Between the Crown and defence at jus Tice they received sentences in the Range of two to four lawyers get so psyched up in their own they lose sight of the other said who was not involved in the warriors pros ecu but has done countless trials Over the he said Resolution conferences Are a mock trial of sorts where lawyers Lay it All out on the line and a judge often pressures them to reach an if a judge were just to sit Back and say what do you hed be wasting everybody said Brod sky on the need to be Crown attorney Zane Tessler said the process is a useful one to ensure Valu Able court time int but i dont think jury trials Are seen As bargaining youll find very few crowns who would say they would Back off just because there going to do a jury he conceded a guilty plea does Benefit the accused at Oliphant said Resolution which Are done Only in Manitoba and Nova were created last year by the judiciary because trials were col lapsing at an alarming in nearly 65 per cent of lawyers either strike a Deal at the last second or abandon the prosecution often when a jury has already been witnesses subpoenaed and a judge is ready to said jury trials which collapse Are particularly he because there Are 12 not they Are also More difficult cases to because none of the who Are paid a Small fee for their Are trained a lot More has to be said in front of a and its no Small said noting trials can often drag on because of problems associated with jury Oliphant said its too Early for statistics on the Impact of Resolution but believes the number of collapsed Tri als is slowly going with several recent cases being resolved before soph now inquiry to begin next month by Leah Janzen the Public inquiry established to deter mine compensation for the years Thomas soph now spent behind bars wrongly convicted of murder will begin Early next on october retired supreme court of Canada Justice Peter Cory will be in Winnipeg to hear applications for standing from people who wish to take part in the commission counsel Richard Wolson said yesterday he expects about eight people to apply for during the initial Cory will assess the applicants and accept or refuse their people who Are granted standing in an inquiry Are allowed to be represented by a lawyer who is permitted to question witnesses on their generally it will be people with an interest in the matter beyond said i expect members of the victims lawyers for the province and the defence counsel and the Crown attorney will be among those who will the association for the wrongly convicted is expected to seek As Are lawyers for the police association and the association representing Crown soph now himself will also be in Winnipeg to seek Are you he laughed when asked if he was pleased the inquiry process was getting under in thrilled that its beginning and i intend to be there for every the amount of Money soph now will receive will be decided by but for soph now the question of Money is there is no reasonable Bompensa he said from his its the process that the inquiry will review the issues of the police investigation and the soph now is expected to give Evi Dence on All of who now lives in new Westminster was twice convicted of the 1981 doughnut shop murder of Barbara a 16yearold Boni face High school after three trials and a preliminary the Manitoba court of Appeal set soph now free in citing Lack of in Winnipeg police chief Jack Swatski announced his service had exonerated soph now and publicly apologized to health authority eyes von takeover nursing order to fight cos cutting measure by Kim Guttormson the Winnipeg regional health author Ity wants to assume management of about 350 employees of Victoria order of nurses a move that could save about each von staff have been called to a meet ing this where the authority is expected to announce its von Are not will ing to go quietly and plan to Appeal to the Warha reconsider wed like them to said Bob senior director of Western Canada for we feel we provide Good Quality care and we would like to continue doing Sharon the Werhas Vic president of Community said the authority has sent a letter to von stating its we have informed von that we have looked at How we provide Home Nurs ing said we Are wanting to bring the under the umbrella of the regional health author von Winnipeg is under contract to the Warha to provide such Home Nurs ing services As teaching diabetics How to Cope with their illness and helping people who have suffered a heart the Warha and von would create a transition team to manage the Macdonald adding the authority Hopes to Complete the move by Early next von the for profit company that individuals can hire to provide is not affected by this Barb a nurse with von win said rumours about the Warha pulling them under its umbrella have been around for concern theres always been the Rumour Warha would be taking us she said last i think they take von Over and remove a lot of the upper manage ment and Middle management she said there is also concern not All the clerical workers in the organization would be the Warha does not have the num Ber of nurses Luehrig my philosophy is that this has been in the making for a very Long period of time and in not going to Macdonald said the Side of the organization we would be looking at would be the administrative Macdonald said the von contract is about 12 per cent of the Werhas budget and moving everyone under one management in addition to ensuring consistent would net an annual saving of Jhu Suvarna White Gate West Coin one of Canadas largest Coin dealers and official Canadian mint distributors we buy and sell All paper ill Tiaria and related collectable All current mint products available at mint Issue Price 1711 Corydon at 48991 1 2 Canadas major Coin Market maker grand opening Sale tile warehouse Ceramic floor tile 49 so h we custom Cut Ceramic tile 2334418 50 Archibald Del u pm weds till 5 pm sat you May have overactive bladder if you suffer from a frequency of urgency to urinate urinary 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