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Between the lines, lawyers at the inquiry were able to draw from Mr. [Stu Whitley] an admission that a culture of denial pervaded the Crown's office, denying justice in the conviction and, in the years following, thwarting any attempt in the numerous reviews of that trial and the quality of evidence, to set things right. He said Crown attorneys are human, they make mistakes and are apt to defend their work for fear of being made a scapegoat. He agreed that "a sham" had been perpetrated by both prosecutors and the police -- a number of them have deflected responsibility for disclosing the deal to the defence. Further, he explored the idea that Crown attorneys work in a do-no-wrong culture that makes it very difficult to admit to a mistake. It is the commission's job to decide if such a culture derailed for so long Mr. [James Driskell]'s attempts to get an honest answer out of someone in Manitoba Justice.
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Editorial - a Culture of Cover-Up
THE inquiry into the murder conviction of James Driskell has heard two senior actors in the Manitoba prosecutions branch apologize for failing in their du...
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