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Amanda Winters, B.A. (Thompson Rivers University), is a first year L.L.B. student at the University of Calgary. Amanda is currently volunteering with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association as a blogger for the CCLA's Rights Watch project.

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A policy of delay? The cost of s.11(b) Charter violations in Alberta

February 8th, 2010

Cases considered: R. v. Rajasansi, 2009 ABQB 674; R. v. Klein, 2009 ABPC 381; R. v. Nguyen, 2009 ABPC 384.

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Back in December, CBC News reported on the stay of proceedings in the trial against Kulwinder Singh Rajasansi and Wesley Keane Sinclair. The two men were charged with sexually assaulting a young woman in October, 2004. The reason for the stay? It took the case 35 months to get to trial - that’s one month shy of 3 years.

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