Trial of Toronto man accused of harassing a feminist on twitter has an interesting twist...

girlwriteswhat · 2015-08-07T06:06:56+00:00

I'm not an expert in this area of the law. But is it possible that the Crown is deliberately damaging their own case? That is, aiming for a dismissal on a technicality because they know they won't win and don't want the court to set an adverse precedent.

DavidByron2 · 2015-08-07T16:29:59+00:00

How is it that the guy is already "banned from the internet" for three years exactly, since the case is not concluded yet?

RedditorJemi · 2015-08-07T17:38:01+00:00

Shortly after judge Knazan was seated he reached out to Elliott’s lawyer over the speakerphone and asked if he had access to a copy of the criminal code. Knazan’s next interaction gives some insight into how our judiciary has an inadequate understanding of Internet technology:

Judge: “What’s your email address?”

Defense: [reads email]

Judge: “And it’s a capital C?”

Most people who are familiar with email will quickly see the judge’s mistake; it doesn’t matter if it’s a capital or a small C, email addresses are case insensitive. It’s a common misunderstanding that’s inconsequential to Elliott’s case, but also a good example of the challenges the judge faces ruling on this highly technical trial.

It's not a common misunderstanding. It's an uncommon example of someone who actually understands how email technically works.

Although this example of extreme pedanticness is uncommon in the general public, it must be extremely common in the legal professions, where people pore over minutiae for many hours on end. I also imagine that if you need a judge who's familiar with RFC's these days (as they did in this case), that they wouldn't be too hard to come by. It's good to know that Gregory Elliot's judge is not going to be fooled on technical issues. Making a mistake on something as small as e-mail case in a legal hearing like this could be disastrous.

plasticsporks21 · 2015-08-07T19:59:46+00:00

Where can I read the twitter exchange??

ZimbaZumba · 2015-08-07T03:43:20+00:00

It appears the defense botched the case by not being there. They should have asked for the case to be dismissed there and then.

Title	Trial of Toronto man accused of harassing a feminist on twitter has an interesting twist...
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Date	August 7, 2015 3:23 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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