Byron Sonne....

[Ansar Mohammed]

If all the charges are dropped, what options does he have to recover from
this?

Meaning; is there any process he can go through to hold those accountable
for this abuse of process?

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Digimer <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 02/25/2011 11:17 PM, Colin McGregor wrote:
> > A court case that I have been following to some degree is the one
> > against Byron Sonne, an IT security expert who was arrested before the
> > G20 meeting last year. In late January I spent about a half hour
> > watching a small part of his preliminary hearing (where the Crown
> > (government) Prosecutor has to prove to a judge that they have enough
> > evidence that when they do reach trial they will not be laughed out).
> > The preliminary hearing is over and here is what happened:
> >
> >
> http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/945221--most-charges-dropped-against-g20-accused-in-jail-since-last-june
> >
> > Bottom line, most of the charges against Byron Sonne have been
> > dropped. Based on what little I saw the only thing that surprises me
> > is that any of the charges are still in place.
> >
> >
> > Colin McGregor
>
> Hi Colin,
>
>  Having been to all of the hearings, I am somewhat limited in what I
> can legally say in public. With that said;
>
>  The preliminary inquiry stage has a very low threshold for what can be
> entered in as evidence. Things like the admissibility of evidence is not
> considered. The prelim judge does not have jurisdiction to consider
> civil rights violations. The crown's presentation of the evidence must
> be accepted and the defence's can't be considered. With this, the prelim
> judge must decide if it is *possible* that a conviction could be won.
>
>  Despite having all this against Byron, he had all but one of the
> original charges tossed out. They did manage to add a new, amorphous
> charge called "counseling the commission of a crime not committed",
> which we fully expect to fail along with the explosives charge.
>
>  Anyone interested in the private right to hack, to make, to
> investigate, to reverse engineer or do security research should come to
> the hearings. We, as private citizens, can make a difference by simply
> being engaged. Come to the court when the trial starts. Listen for
> yourself what can get you thrown in jail for over eight months (and
> counting). Listen for yourself just how little the government needs to
> destroy your life.
>
>  Be engaged. Protect the right to be curious.
>
> More coverage from today:
>
> -
>
> http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/02/25/majority-of-g20-charges-against-security-consultant-byron-sonne-dropped/
> -
>
> http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2011/02/25/17414541.html
>
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