jonnywakefield.bsky.social
Edmonton Journal/Sun reporter on the justice beat, covering courts, crime, policing and corrections. American who moved to Canada, cat dad and (hopefully not totally insufferable) distance runner.
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Really good account if you’re the type of person who’s like “excellent! An image and/or video of Phil Collins!”
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I've been unable to find a photo of him and neither police nor the courts released one
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Interesting/possibly dumb that it won't count as a world record ONLY because she used male pacers
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Fastest mile ever by a woman but damn, that’s tough
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Talk show host Ryan Jespersen is also at council today to support the deal, touting its importance to Downtown. He noted his own investment in a downtown studio near the area. Says he fears referendums cater to "low-information voters." #yeg
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(Appears there's going to be a lot of talking first.)
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What a great amount of sports by the way. Four minutes, great but not heart-stopping stakes, between the hours of 11 and noon.
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yeah I've also heard the term "colonial" used interchangeably
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Indigenous offender pre-sentence reports or something like that
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I've been told by a lawyer correspondent that this has been a thing in discussion for a while. And apparently the people who write these are called Gladue report writers so it's a fairly codified thing that would need to be changed.
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Honestly, why would you take the time to write this comment on this story?
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(Deleted an RT of a post saying this might have actually been a good result because it contained an "F them" which I failed to notice)
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They’re doing that this week! He said “come back Thursday, we’ll be converting gasoline into noise”
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(The rate at which I’m becoming my father is truly alarming)
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If I recall he did one on the sinking of a passenger ship that just left me utterly stunned
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The Franz Kafka International Airport of pizza apps www.youtube.com/shorts/9Ppb8...
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This is now two assault cases in very short succession in which the Crown has had high-quality videos of police conduct they obviously found concerning (see video in the Oli Olason case below).
In both case, jurors opted to acquit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR4i...
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Doduk wasn't prosecuted for Nguyen's death. ASIRT said there were grounds to believe he committed a culpable homicide, Crown decided not to prosecute, saying the case wasn't winnable. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...