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I have a question for everyone. People are saying we need cameras for transparency to trust the justice system. Is this putting transparency above the protection of innocence? Wouldn’t we be losing trust when they wrongfully convict anyways?
#OJENROEJFA22@OJEN_ROEJ@ProvostLaw Section 11(d) gives us the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. I find it very hard to believe the media will uphold this guarantee. If there’s a man on tv in an orange jumpsuit, you’re going to expect a guilty verdict.
#OJENROEJFA22@OJEN_ROEJ@ProvostLaw “I pity the the poor, innocent accused who is acquitted only to find himself a YouTube star.” Michael Spratt CBC (2016)
#OJENROEJFA22@OJEN_ROEJ@ProvostLaw Imagine personal and traumatic details of your life being on somebody's TikTok For You page. Or finally being freed from the burden of a wrongful conviction to find yourself trending on twitter. Keep cameras out of the courtroom.
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Allowing trials to be videotaped contradicts some of the most basic principles of our charter. Section 15(1), Section 7 & Section 11(d) are all pillars of our charter. By allowing cameras in the courtroom all of these rights are trampled on