DRUG DEALER FREED BY JUDGE SHAKES FAITH IN LEGAL SYSTEM

The Editor,

Re: "Drug dealer was in wrong, so was cop," the Now, June 4.

It seems more and more criminals are being let free in the presence of
overwhelming evidence because judges are compelled to do so because of
loopholes in the judiciary system. Just recently we read of a criminal
caught in the act by an observant police officer being aquitted by a judge
because of a legal loophole.

Supreme court Justice Lynnn Smith finds a self-confessed criminal of a
moderately serious offence not guilty.

How many less serious and more importantly how many more serious offenders
are let free because of similar circumstances?

I didn't read any mention of Lindh Carlsons's lawyer's name. Was that
because he or she was a public defender? Maybe it's about time cases that
are defended by public money should be judged by a public jury.

Hearing cases like this certainly gives me less confidence with our legal
system. I wonder what the general public thinks?

Don Povarchook, Surrey