1. Oops, a slip of the Lip!(Bench Press) (Correction notice)

AuthorMitchell, Teresa

An Ontario man will get a "do-over" of his criminal trial after the trial judge made a small but crucial error of speech. Madame Justice Faye McWatt of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was instructing a jury about the importance of the presumption of innocence just before they left the courtroom to consider their verdict. She said "It is only defeated if, and when, the Crown counsel has satisfied you beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Guilty--I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson--is guilty of...

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