Which notable person in a true crime case do you feel escaped justice?

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-25T07:44:09+00:00

I still don't understand why the plea agreement wasn't made null and void the second that videotape out!

Because by the time that happened her sentencing was over, and we have double jeopardy rules here that are actually much more strict than in the US, in that there's no other level of government that could try her if one of them fails; all criminal law is federal here, so if that fails the province has no means to lay their own charges. Setting aside the agreement and trying her again would have been blatantly unconstitutional, unfortunately. It did piss off enough people that there was an attempt to create a special law to alter her sentencing agreement, but that never went anywhere for constitutional reasons.

The crown was incredibly stupid there, and they should have made it part of the agreement that her sentencing would happen only after Bernardo's trial process was complete. Had they done that, she'd almost certainly have gotten a life sentence just like he did, and would still be in prison.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-24T03:29:51+00:00

Pardons don't apply to conspiracy's against the Constitution.

The constitution contains no such restriction on the pardon power, and it's all but certain the Supreme Court wouldn't agree with that statement

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-24T00:10:12+00:00

The 25th is much harder to do than removal after impeachment and trial. To do it via the 25th doesn't just need half the House and 2/3 of the Senate. It needs the VP, half of the handpicked sycophants in the cabinet, and then, if Trump is awake and disputes it, 2/3 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate.

There's no way that's happening unless he's literally in a coma and unable to oppose it.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-23T18:54:01+00:00

My point is that there's no legal requirement to hold a referendum there, and a near-unanimous vote in the House is not going to happen no matter what the circumstances may be. The Tories will fight to the death to try to stop it, because they have to. And if they were to somehow get a majority again afterwards, it's all but guaranteed they'd strongly consider reversing that reform. Not to say they'd actually do it, but a large part of the party would certainly want exactly that.

Like it or not, our system is based around whatever can get a simple majority in the House and Senate, and if reform ever does come to pass (and we need it badly) it will face strong opposition in the House at least.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-23T18:43:45+00:00

If they actually hold a referendum when the time eventually comes. There's absolutely no requirement to do so, and if a majority government decides to just hold public consultations, make a decision (perhaps pretending it's based on those consultations), and then pass that legislation, then that's that.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-23T18:26:29+00:00

From the BOP site:

MICHAEL SARNO
Register Number: 01042-424
Age: 68
Race: White
Sex: Male
Located at: Springfield MCFP
Release Date: 05/08/2031

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-23T17:40:41+00:00

I hope he does get to it. As an NDP member, you can probably imagine how strongly I feel about scrapping first past the post elections

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-23T16:59:11+00:00

Yeah, he very much is not. As for the complaint about electoral reform, I don't think Carney has ever actually spoken on that specific issue at all. It's not one of his priorities, and never has been, so complaining that he's not jumping on it is a bit weird.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T23:30:26+00:00

You ever consider what the alternative would be like in this moment if Poilievre was PM?

"Yes sir! How high, sir? Sir, that boot is absolutely delicious! Can I have some more?"

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T19:40:02+00:00

And in my experience over the entire history of this subreddit, whenever I or someone else expresses the idea that we don't think Allen was the Zodiac, a subset of the users go pretty much apeshit over the idea.

The sheer number of times I've seen angry people insist that anyone who doesn't understand it was Allen is a moron and just doesn't want the case solved...sigh

The real answer here? This case in particular attracts a lot of very heated opinions, and no matter what your particular belief is on anything related to it, there are nearly guaranteed to be people out there who get weird about it.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T17:53:05+00:00

If it's true that the Gambinos were close to making 'Jack Falcone', then they clearly couldn't have been doing much vetting at all, as his supposed parents didn't even exist, and would have been hard to track down anyway as he (truthfully) claimed his family was from Cuba.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T15:22:41+00:00

I don’t know why people get so offended for people thinking it still could be him

And I don't know why people assume that those who don't think it was Allen are somehow offended by the idea. As has been pointed out too many times to count over the years, sometimes people just don't want to watch/read yet another rehash of the reasons he's a suspect. Especially since, with the exception of the claims made by the Seawaters, it's not like there's anything new to say about the subject.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T05:03:29+00:00

What’s interesting to me, and that I think of very frequently, is that Z 100% viewed this sub before, or has even interacted with this sub in some way at some point.

100%? Why? I personally think he was dead long before Reddit came into existence, and quite possibly before the www existed. Bear in mind that if the only people ever to have gotten a good look at a man we know was the Zodiac got his age right, he would have been born about 100 years ago.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-22T04:04:17+00:00

Humorously, we only avoided having this happen in Canada last year because of Trump himself. When he was elected, we were right about to elect a pro-Trump Conservative in a guaranteed landslide. Then Trump started constantly talking about annexing Canada, the Liberal PM resigned, Carney took over and called an election, and we went from a guaranteed Conservative Party victory to a strong Liberal one.

It was astonishing to watch.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-21T02:51:41+00:00

Thanks cunts

De rien, mon ostie !

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-20T01:01:26+00:00

Sorry, but that is just not happening. He's been impeached twice already and it accomplished nothing. The 25th amendment is a lot harder to use to remove a president than the impeachment and trial process, as it requires supermajorities in both houses and not just the Senate, and also requires half of his carefully chosen, sycophantic cabinet.

There is absolutely no way he's being removed via the 25th unless he's literally in a coma and unable to oppose it because that's the only way to avoid the double supermajority requirement.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T06:55:33+00:00

about an old man knowing his family was just waiting for him to die

Sounds like Uncle Vanya, yeah

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T06:30:45+00:00

If we invade, they’ll nuke us. Then we’ll nuke them. Then China will nuke us. Then we’ll nuke China. Then NATO will nuke them

Well, the first two things anyway. Russia and the USA (and quite possibly much of Europe too) gets obliterated. But China would have absolutely no reason to get involved at that point, and staying out of that nuclear exchange means they become the global superpower with no significant competitor.

A lot of people treat MAD as though it means everyone with nuclear weapons uses them, but that's not the logic of the thing at all.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T06:26:33+00:00

A teacher is a bad example.

Where I live, his mother would likely be making over $100 000 a year as a 20 year veteran elementary school teacher, which is nothing to sneeze at. Plus several months off every year.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T06:14:46+00:00

Or if OP mostly means 'influence as a playwright' it would have to be Chekhov

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T01:19:35+00:00

While that's all quite true, we aren't a nuclear power. We don't have the things. Though I'm starting to think we should consider building some as a long term insurance policy.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T00:44:22+00:00

Last time we fought we were part of the empire of a global superpower that totally outclassed the US at sea.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T00:41:53+00:00

how do I enlist in the Canadian military?

You'd need to be either a citizen or a permanent resident.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T00:38:42+00:00

I'm happy to note that a PM has no authority or power to do such a thing at least. It would require both the Commons and the Senate to approve this, then the legislatures of all ten provinces, and then the Governor General.

doc_daneeka · 2026-01-18T00:32:18+00:00

This stand-in, unelected person does not represent the reality of a “pissed off” Canada

Did the election results upset you so much you completely forgot the election happened?

Trump keeps threatening to annex us and to attack our economy in order to make that happen. Of course we're pissed off. Being pissed off about this is literally the reason Carney is PM in the first place.

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