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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Thanks...again most of my knowledge (both in law school and at work) has to do with civil defense, so you could fit my knowledge of criminal law on the head of a pin. The low use of the defense makes sense though, based on what I've heard in conversations with criminal defense attorneys.
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np.
I haven't read the article and I can't recall and don't want to reread the thread, but it's also possible that under Canadian law, they've decided that he's too crazy right now to be able to assist in his own defense.
Americans and Canadians often share some of the same rights because those rights came from English law.