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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Jul 1993, p. 6

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PAGE6â€" (pinion Publication ban wasn‘t the answer Justovernweekngo.lvunfiedwumrmahkvfiwm gramwdebatewithPeterDubcnu,thedemdjan'mlimat & N2 CUpEE DLA L uon wisht in have a tamno T S dlbdivaihesren ies ninibaner nfi ie y f Wemzmonmequtinndwhahitmrightwhmatanp& mbanmtbepum ion on proceedings at the Karla Homolka Onmatmam.llrgmdthntheemmdnfldhavemhedu- uonmimposingnflnhnifllukumyquefimatanthat PaulTeale(Berm:do)mehodmiedmearttothml Itwasmymmnthefi#bahbmhemhflnedinsm ll(d)ofmeChanaOIMmdheedum&isp-nmmtwfln ngixtdfieedmdcpafin.iflflingfiudomdthemwtfieh isalsoomoldnfimdamanlmmmnmflnm. lknewthatdmmd:mmmminwhichavigormspreu couldposedan@ntoadefaflant’srighthufniru-ialbyanimpw ualjury.Ajurymuabeablemmakeiujudgnentsolelymtbe basis of the evidence it hears in the courtroom. la]sokmwthatifmxghpewlewmtobepoisomdbymeir kxwledgeofthefacum&nmse.itmxkibeverydific\flttofinda Jurythatwasunbiaaedmdmat.inmepfiomldmummmes,a stayofpmeeedingswmldhetlnonlyappmpriawwywbereme accused cannot be tried by an impartial jury. In other words, too much media exposure could jeopardize whether Paul Teale would ever be tried at all. Now I‘m not so sure I was right. That is because I believe it will be impossible to enforce Judge Kovacs’mlmg,ltm]]on)ybeamauerofiimeâ€"andmtverylong, Ithmkfbeforetherewillbeleaksofinfomadonuwwhnwns said in that St Catharines courtroom last week. Andwhenthathappens.memmorsmdinn\nmdoesmymdup ® N Coac m LCA3 avar haue MEANWHILE Ii bti Mb 100A 1 A saccdhaooont â€"bs amand Airaar 1 1 men? Will they not talk? Willtheynotconfid'eintheirclom &mmmfim?mwmmmmpmmm s uon whe Es POAOe Oe PSie m ce eeeenen e ic s W?Mhfimplyhmnmh'tit? Andhawkmgwillizbebdaepuhliatinlmfidethetuchd theCnnadunwurupicknplhehennly?Junmnnhsdays behemdflndaaynmflhhhhidlhnmdhhfid details in print. Whemhathappem.j\_mdymndfiwfllmbowm bypubli:azimo(fahe.pnnlyhbwmpuhplmnmmd bafh SV No o t Ks in the fmifh? L0 B Snunieiotonentidsfrogmie o ouhe. dincethalne onl S TiE whatwenton?lsnmotnflinnnmdowefenhhtothetmth? Won’tthatmahitj\m-mktofindanimpufidjufl Yes,JunieeKavauwuridiianhnu-iedeodo.&uhoth wdxmbonndflnmodemmldmmwmthnpuhlidtyh-m msimplyunworhhle.Mprob-blyauufnmondmm than they seek to prevent. mmma.udm‘a?m"mmmuhmmw b.ck-coâ€"bxksot!ntjuhmpi:bdhhflt.thmnqmd fmmpuhlicm,untilhothmfixifidfiuny.mybody, Waterloo Town Square 75 King 8&8«:9:.8!11“ 201 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993 Fred Sgel News Line Fax. No. Waterloo, Ontario t oo ce up t Pete Cudhea (Sports Editor) And they call this justice? It‘s just as well that justice is blind: she wouldn‘t likesomeoflhethingsdmeinhermmeifshecmfld Omeuponatimeâ€"andmtthatlongago-â€"we CRhadians were proud of our criminal justice system. It.wasswifimdfirm‘Now,t.hankswthesocialengi- neers who‘ve given us such travesties as our parole systannndtherngOfl'endersAct,itisneither. And, of course, the Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy murder investigations leap to mind. Publicâ€" f ityiswj\mtieewhatunmhineistoflowem,andthe \mprecedentedgagordetindxel{mlaflumolkaease hasmadeforafngamefimtisanythinghxtflmr- like. True, pleaâ€"bargaining has become part â€" perhaps wobigapartâ€"ofwrsystem,hxtmeslap-on-the- wrist deal with Homolka will look even worse when her estranged husband gets his day in court. Trust me. But that‘s not the only case. Take disbarred Waterâ€" loo lawyer Eugene Nowak. He‘d been accused of takâ€" ing $587,000 from investor clients and pleaded guilty to defrauding them of $210,000. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, but served notaday.lmtead,hewasrequh’edwsigninoncea day at a Kitchener halfway house. That‘s a sentence? ‘That isn‘t even a phrase. Or take the chap who recently got two years in a knife slaying on a barteredâ€"down charge of manslaughter. Two years? Incredible. Butwhatcanywexpeawhenywhavethelikesof Attorney General Marion Boyd sneering at the pubâ€" li:’uwmgeandcommenting,‘lnmwnvimedtlm bngamm‘goingmbemeefiecfiveflwn new ways of dealing with a lot of these issues ... ways prison system is." Spoken like a true bleeding heart. Rehabilitative? Bqdmflbemhfladthatfinpupectfw rehaâ€" bilitation is only consideration in sentencing. ‘The deterrent and punitive aspects are also supâ€" posed to count. And a lot of us would like to see the 'pmitiveupaamntfoulotmote. Td be more willing to consider Homolka‘s rehabilitaâ€" tion if the plea for her were to be made by Kristen French and Leslie Mahaiffy. _ But that‘s not likely, is it? Stone Walls Do Not...! can understand why folks in Kitchener‘s Pioneer Park area don‘t want a _w«m}nn’u prison in their midst, but I don‘t see how "having Homolka as one neighbor would make much of Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group Incorporated _ Subscription rates 215 Fairway Rd. S., $45 yearly in Canada, = Kitchener, Ont. $90 yearly outside Canada. President: Paul Winkler _ +GSI. _ ‘The views of our columnists are their own and do hot necessarily represent the views of the newspaper. a UIIORCIIUE: Maybetheyt.hinkshesymholifltheirpmblembut itallhearkensbmkwthebasicpmblemwithprisons. 'I‘heydbealotbetterplmifonlytheyamacwda better class of people. All‘s Fair, etc: If there‘s one chore I fancy, it‘s the jobofmaldngupexmaesforthemnuslfaflureofthe Central Ontario Exhibition to draw more customers. Youknowwhatlmeanlt‘seithermohot,wocold,u» wet, too dry, the moon is too full, the pocket is too empty or there was a good game on TV. It‘s always something. Nowinmytime,l’vewfittsnmmightycreative expenseammmtsmdwldmhndfilltalesandl could handle it. You have to be imaginative. I remember the way they once seemed to take amndamenttheEhninFlllhir.Itdwaysstmck methattheyeo\mtedthslmofullntendingand then multiplied by two. The Chisel Brigade: The Region‘s welfare fraud loss has topped $1,200,000 but, thank heavens, folks have ignored politicallyâ€"correct editorial advice againstuomthov!fl:kmfl-dnfi There‘ve been 154 calls to Crime Stoppers and that’nrenlwhinhmfl:h.lhtpntomefi? mmmflywwuhfiw rial writers that welfare cheating is crime like any other fraud. . There‘s always one darn good reason why the tip$ :tmldkaeppan-ingin.AMll.Mmelfiun heredity, (amflybackmmdndwthfiwof being caught. On the Stroll: There‘ve always been folks who walk for health, but have you ever seen so many taâ€" ing to the sidewalks? It‘s as if every doctor has advised every patient to take a daily stroll. . The MDs will tell you walking is excellent exercs® but I know of none who recommends jogging. f-"d' yes, I can give you the date I gave up jogging. It‘s 0 my birth certificate. 4¢

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