Canadian Lawyers Decry "Secret" Trial - Law.com International

Lawyers across Canada are stunned by the revelation that a “phantom” trial has taken place in the province of Quebec.

“We live in a democracy, this is not a dictatorship. We don’t have secret trials,” said Jody Berkes, former head of the criminal justice section of the Canadian Bar Association. “To have a secret trial, where there’s no evidence that a trial ever took place, is extraordinary. I have never heard of it.”

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source: https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/04/06/canadian-lawyers-decry-secret-trial-in-organized-crime-probe/

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