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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    There are striking parallels between the Loeb and Leopold case and the crimes of DM and MS, but the similarities don't map exactly onto DM and MS. In our cases, DM is clearly the leader/instigator, MS is a petty criminal who has a kind of crush on DM (no real evidence of a sexual component...
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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    This worries me too. I console myself by thinking the judge's apparent hostility towards the Crown may be a tactic to prevent any later accusation of favouritism in that direction. There have been egregious cases of Crown favouritism (the second G P Morin trial and the Baltovich case come to...
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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    DM gave a lengthy interview to a reporter - I don't recall who, but you could probably find it easily - while he was incarcerated in the Toronto jail for the LB trial. He said he had rejected solitary and asked to be in the general population, and liked that much better. Since he isn't a...
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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    T For plentiful and recent examples, you only have to consider the Charles Smith debacle, where more than a dozen criminal convictions (of parents supposedly killing their children) were overturned because it was found that Dr. Smith did not have the credentials or expertise to conduct forensic...
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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    He has a long sentence ahead of him, and it will not necessarily be spent in the same institution. Since DM has 2 first-degree murder convictions already, he will definitely be in a maximum security facility for years to come. He has already been at Millhaven (for his initial intake and...
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    GUILTY - Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #4

    I did, but although some of the details were new to me, I remember discussing this way back when the Bosma case first hit the news. I didn't ever check the Ancestry site (not a member either) but while googling DM I came across one or more posts from him on a genetic database site where he was...
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    Wayne Millard Murder Trial - Dellen Millard Charged With Murder - #3

    That may not be true. In the Shafia case (the father, mother and eldest son who killed their their three daughters and the father's first wife), the father, who was/is very wealthy, found out ahead of time that he could still have control over his investments from prison. All three received life...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    Federal inmates do not have access to the internet in prison. I found the section on the Correctional Services website in the past but a quick search just now didn't turn it up, but it's there somewhere. This CBC article references the ban on internet (though some limited access to offline...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    Well put. Dr Robert Hare, the granddaddy of academic study of psychopathy, liked to characterize psychopaths as people who "know the words, but not the music." They can mimic emotions like empathy and remorse, but because they have no understanding of them, their performance is always off-key...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    Hi Lady L, you inquired about what characteristics of FAS DM may exhibit. We`ve had discussions about this before - mostly a propos of the TB trial. Because of family history, it is possible that DM has damage due to prenatal exposure to alcohol or - as has recently been learned, the sperm of...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    In point of fact, one group of people do very well in prison -- better than they do outside - those with FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) or its partner, FAE (fetal alcohol effects - a distinction without a significant difference). Nearly 40% of long-term inmates in Canadian prisoners are believed...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    I'm guessing, but suspect it has something to do with whether you (the parents/family members) believe the accused to be innocent. Guy Paul Morin's parents were there throughout both his trials; they were later compensated by the government for having exhausted their life savings and retirement...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    I'm certain that's not Rabbit -- Rabbit does have blonde hair, but her face is thinner and a different shape and she just looks different. For all we know, Rabbit was under subpoena by either Crown or defense (but not called) and so could not appear in court -- though that would not prevent her...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial - *GUILTY*

    It feels like a long time, because we're all anxious for the result. But statistically, it isn't long - not yet. Four to five days is average for murder trials in Canada - I looked this up during the Bosma trial and can't cite the source of the stat now, but I confirmed it by checking out some...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.12.17 - Final Charge - *Verdict Watch*

    Thank you, that was interesting! But, I believe that refers to federal correctional institutions, no? The federal system has different organization, rules, etc etc from the provincial systems. Ontario jails are not operated the same way but I don't know what all the differences are -- but...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.12.17 - Final Charge - *Verdict Watch*

    I can't speak to all the details, but segregation in provincial jails isn't as isolated as protective custody. When I was a volunteer for an agency working with young offenders (mostly), I had a tour of a large provincial jail (not in Metro Toronto). At one point I was ushered into a room where...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.08.17 - Charge to the Jury - Day 2

    It's not an all or nothing scenario in any event. Justice Code doesn't need to consider this decision at this time. But, I think it highly likely that one or the other - or both - of these guys will use it in their appeals of their convictions. They would be stupid not to. Of course, we know...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.08.17 - Charge to the Jury - Day 2

    I don't know. But the Supreme Court of Canada is the ultimate arbiter of what the law is. It's not making any "new" law as I understand it. So if it rules that certain types of "evidence" should not be admitted because it violates the Constitution, then those convicted of crimes based on what...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.08.17 - Charge to the Jury - Day 2

    LOL, there wasn't enough detail there for me to form an opinion, but either way, it doesn't matter what any of us thinks - it matters how the courts interpret it and apply it. I don't think we will know the answer for a while. DM's letters might well come under scrutiny re this decision, and so...
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    Laura Babcock Murder Trial 12.08.17 - Charge to the Jury - Day 2

    I just heard about this Supreme Court of Canada decision and wonder what effect it will have on this case - if not now, in terms of future appeals. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-firearms-case-supreme-court-rules-texts-should-be-considered-private/article37267893/ and...

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