Wesley H. Allen said:I find people are people whether an Officer, Priest, Judge, Teacher or Constable, the only difference between some is positions of authority and trust, and as far as I am concerend they should be made an example of.
163(b) makes, prints, publishes, distributes, sells or has in his possession for the purpose of publication, distribution or circulation a crime comic.
Definition of "crime comic"
(7) In this section, "crime comic" means a magazine, periodical or book that exclusively or substantially comprises matter depicting pictorially
(a) the commission of crimes, real or fictitious; or
(b) events connected with the commission of crimes, real or fictitious, whether occurring before or after the commission of the crime.
If convicted, release him from the CF (dishonourably), have him registered as a sex-offender with the civie police, and let the citizens sort him out. Mobs of people will try to throw him out of every town he tries to move into.
Big Foot said:Absolutely disgraceful. I hope he gets dishonorably discharged and sent to general population in a civvy prison.
pcain said:March the guilty b*stard in!
You'd be a great juror, Big Foot. Just outstanding. None of this presumption of innocence crap - string 'im up and come home in time for lunch.
If I were a mod on this board, I'd look very carefully - very carefully - at posts presuming the guilt of a defendant before conviction, if only as a CYA issue. Among other things, the officers who will end up trying this wretch in June are drawn from the pool of potential readers of this board.
There are a couple of issues here that nobody here wants to get entangled with (or if they do, I'll stand back and watch) - one is defamation, the other is the potential contamination of a jury pool.
CP's story is carefully worded for a reason.
whiskey601 said:Look at the wording of the offence reproduced by Miss Hardie below. This is a "Strict Liability" offence - not a question of innocence, just the degree of guilt unless an argument is advanced he didn't have possession or any of the other actus requirements of the offence.