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Article Added On: September 24, 2009 - over 2 years ago
Title: Polygamy charges thrown out against B.C. religious leaders
Original URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/polygamy-charges-thrown-out-against-bc-religious-leaders/article1298771/
Author: Robert Matas
Publication: Globe and Mail
Publication Date: September 23, 2009 - over 2 years ago
Faith Groups: Evangelical Christian, Other Christian
Themes: other

Abstract: B.C. Supreme Court Judge rules former AG didn't have authority to have lawyer appointed as special prosecutor after earlier counsel refused to prosecute two men

Criminal charges against B.C. religious leaders Winston Blackmore and Jim Oler for polygamy were thrown out of court this morning.

B.C. Supreme Court Judge Sunni Stromberg-Stein decided that former attorney-general Wally Oppal did not have the authority to have lawyer Terry Robertson appointed as a special prosecutor after a previous special prosecutor had refused to prosecute the two men.

Mr. Robertson's appointment was contrary to the law and Mr. Robertson's decision to proceed with the prosecution “was therefore unlawful,” the judge wrote in a 34-page decision released today.





 
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