![]() “The attorney general is going to review it and we’ll see what our next step should be.” “I was surprised and disappointed when I heard the ruling,” he said. Premier Gordon Campbell said Wednesday he found the court ruling disappointing, but will not give up on the government’s goal of resolving the issue of polygamy in British Columbia.Ĭampbell said the government will review the court ruling and may appeal. should be kept between political independence and accountability.”ī.C. “The Attorney General upset the critical balance that. “The harm in the appointment of successive special prosecutors is that it undermines the administration of justice by leaving the perception, if not the reality, of political interference and of oppressive or unfair prosecution,” the judge wrote. The judge said the province’s attorney general did not have the jurisdiction to appoint a second special prosecutor to consider charges against Blackmore and Oler after the first special prosecutor recommended against charging the two men. ![]() Supreme Court Judge Sunni Stromberg-Stein agreed. attorney general had gone “special prosecutor shopping” until he found someone who would go ahead with charges. ![]() ![]() The men had petitioned the court to stay the charges, arguing that the B.C. Winston Blackmore and James Oler were arrested earlier this year in Bountiful, B.C., and charged with one count each of polygamy. religious leaders who were set to challenge Canada’s laws against polygamy won’t soon get the chance now that a judge has quashed the charges against them. ![]()
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