POLS 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: 18 Months, Extortion
7 Dec 2017
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Lecture two - trial delays: trial delays fall under legal rights; you have a right to be tried within a certain amount of time, r v. askov (1990, extortion scheme by appellants against peter belmont. Trial date was set for 1985 (2 years from initial charge) Re-scheduled to 1986 (3 years from initial charge: lawyers for askov argued that s. 11(b) of the charter was violated. They argued that he should be released due to this. Any person charged with an offence has the right (b) to be tried within a reasonable time: cory, majority. There could be no greater frustration imaginable for innocent persons charged with an offence than to be denied the opportunity of demonstrating their innocence for an unconscionable time as a result of unreasonable delays in their trial. The time awaiting trial m just be exquisite agony for accused persons and their immediate family.
