Editorial: Judge and jury

A sole judge is recommending David Bain get compensation, which in turn throws a spotlight on the value of our jury system.

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17th September, 2012

Very few people enter politics to have an easy life, and those who do rarely make it to Cabinet. Ministers are paid to make the tough decisions, and no one would deny the David Bain case is certainly one of those. After receiving an assessment of Bain’s case for compensation, Justice Minister Judith Collins has said Cabinet will decide before the end of the year whether to award what could amount to millions of dollars of recompense to Bain, who spent nearly 13 years in jail for allegedly murdering five members of his family in 1994. To many people’s surprise, one of Canada’s top judges, ...

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