Experts say Crown had to withdraw drug, driving charges against ex-MP Jaffer

[daleo]

TORONTO - Police defended their investigation that led to drug and drunk driving charges against former Conservative politician Rahim Jaffer while legal experts said Wednesday the Crown had no choice but to withdraw those charges.

Jaffer's guilty plea to the lesser charge of careless driving on Tuesday sparked a swirl of questions from opposition politicians and some members of the public about the outcome of the case.

"A very thorough and detailed investigation was completed and done," said provincial police spokesman Const. Peter Leon from headquarters in Orillia, Ont.
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One legal source close to the case said anyone who thinks Jaffer got favourable treatment was wrong.

"If anything, he was treated more harshly because it was tougher for a Crown to come to this decision knowing they were going to get criticized for it," the source said.

"The evidence just wasn't there to convict him."
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http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/100310/n031077A.html
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So a nameless expert who may have gone to an invisible law school says "it's all good". Sorry, that doesn't work for me. I remember when nameless experts said we had to apologize to Mulroney, because he had no dealings with Schreiber.

[Spazito]

1. Yep, when I see...

"One legal source close to the case..." I see a Con hack doing his government's bidding and hiding behind the old "source" crap.

[HeresyLives]

2. All part of the Con spin.