An Alberta judge granted bail to Skye Atoa, 50, despite the shocking nature of the charges he faces, which include human trafficking and child sexual assault.
Couldn’t we provide bail or something for those low level offenders so we have the space for high level offenders? This seems like the situation could be significantly improved without major reform.
Judicial priorities are largely set by statute. We’d have to do a lot of revision to a legal framework that nerfs judicial discretion for "efficiency and then provides for too few judges to exercise what discretion is left.
Couldn’t we provide bail or something for those low level offenders so we have the space for high level offenders? This seems like the situation could be significantly improved without major reform.
Judicial priorities are largely set by statute. We’d have to do a lot of revision to a legal framework that nerfs judicial discretion for "efficiency and then provides for too few judges to exercise what discretion is left.