Byron Sonne....

[Thomas Milne]

LOL!

No. Not the slightest chance. The only hope that any of these thugs
will ever face the consequences of their criminal behaviour is for the
public to, as Digimer suggested, become more involved. The legal
system is for the protection of private wealth and privilege, not
human rights. For that you need to go out in the streets.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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