STORY: "Canada backs handwriting evidence in Paris bombing," published by Global Post on November 5, 2013.
GIST: "A dozen or so Diab supporters returned for the second day of the hearing, where the Crown defended Justice Robert Maranger's decision to allow the handwriting analysis report by Anne Bisotti in the original extradition hearing. On Monday, defense lawyers worked to discredit Bisotti's findings -- that Diab likely signed a Paris hotel slip under a false identity (Alexander Panadriyu), which was also used to purchase a motorcycle used in the bombing -- by saying she failed to use the proper methodology. But Crown lawyer Janet Henchey said that it is not the job of the extradition judge to establish reliability of the evidence, and that French courts should be relied upon to do the due diligence on the report at a formal trial. "It may not feel right at first, but that's because you're looking at it from the perspective of a Canadian trial. This is not a Canadian trial," she said. "There may be safeguards that do not look like ours, but... it's arrogant for us as a country to think that only our trial process can provide safeguards that are required for due process." Henchey also said that the defense never questioned the samples of writing themselves, but rather focused only on whether the methodology was applied correctly, and added that in part, "expense and convenience" are considerations in an extradition case."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131105/canada-backs-handwriting-evidence-paris-bombing
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GIST: "A dozen or so Diab supporters returned for the second day of the hearing, where the Crown defended Justice Robert Maranger's decision to allow the handwriting analysis report by Anne Bisotti in the original extradition hearing. On Monday, defense lawyers worked to discredit Bisotti's findings -- that Diab likely signed a Paris hotel slip under a false identity (Alexander Panadriyu), which was also used to purchase a motorcycle used in the bombing -- by saying she failed to use the proper methodology. But Crown lawyer Janet Henchey said that it is not the job of the extradition judge to establish reliability of the evidence, and that French courts should be relied upon to do the due diligence on the report at a formal trial. "It may not feel right at first, but that's because you're looking at it from the perspective of a Canadian trial. This is not a Canadian trial," she said. "There may be safeguards that do not look like ours, but... it's arrogant for us as a country to think that only our trial process can provide safeguards that are required for due process." Henchey also said that the defense never questioned the samples of writing themselves, but rather focused only on whether the methodology was applied correctly, and added that in part, "expense and convenience" are considerations in an extradition case."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131105/canada-backs-handwriting-evidence-paris-bombing
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
I look forward to hearing from readers at:
hlevy15@gmail.com. can be found at:
