What kind of sick doublethinking motherfucker wants to make it easier to target minors?There is an underlying logic to it. The law (as written) interferes with the right to the accused's assumption of innocence:
(I spent a few minutes trying to break it down with links here, then I found an article with quotes from actual lawyers who are way more capable of this than I am).
“The Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that any law that requires an accused to be found guilty based on unreliable representations over the internet offends the constitution, particularly the presumption of innocence enshrined in s. 11(d)” of the Charter, said Mark Halfyard of Rusonik O'Connor Robbins Ross Gorham & Angelini LLP in Toronto, who acted for the respondent in the case.
“It is not enough that a person was acting reckless or negligent when they did not actually believe they were communicating with an underage child,” Halfyard told Legal Feeds by email. “In those cases, an accused would be entitled to an acquittal.”
From: Canadian Lawyer Magazine
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SCC strikes down 'reasonable belief' requirement in Criminal Code for…
archived 23 Nov 2019 02:16:33 UTCarchive.ph
"...[T]he Criminal Code said that if someone told someone else they were underage, the law presumed the person believed it. The only exception was if there was evidence that the person didn’t believe it [italics mine]. Mr. Morrison said this violated his right to be presumed innocent. Before anyone can be found guilty of a crime, a judge or jury has to believe that the person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The right to be presumed innocent is violated whenever a law lets someone be found guilty even though there is a reasonable doubt. The law presumed Mr. Morrison believed “Mia” when she said she was 14, even though there could be other explanations."
"...[T]he judges at the Supreme Court agreed that the first point violated the right to be presumed innocent. Just because someone is told something online doesn’t mean they believe it. People don’t always tell the truth. Yet the law’s presumption meant that someone could be found guilty even if the judge or jury had a reasonable doubt about whether they believed the other person was underage. This violated the presumption of innocence."
From: Supreme Court of Canada-Case Dossiers
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"I'm 14."
"Lol no way I don't believe you."
That makes the grooming okay? Or is it because of the wording of the law?
Asteroid when?