[What sort of 'deal' would this be? Promise not to do it again?-ed]
Charges against a dozen students accused of harassing one of their classmates at a Toronto high school may be dropped if they agree to a deal.
The 12 teens – all of whom face lesser charges in the case, which stemmed from a female student’s allegations of abuse at James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School – would apparently have to admit responsibility for their actions, although they’d be pleading not guilty, and agree to a court-ordered program.
The program, likely consisting of counselling or volunteer work, would have to be completed before the charges were dropped.
The Youth Criminal Justice Act allows such an alternative, which is directed at teens who are accused in a criminal case but have no previous record.
At least one girl, charged with one count of threatening death, has reportedly accepted the deal. Others may follow, but it’s been suggested their lawyers are waiting for more evidence to be brought forward before agreeing to it.
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1 kehoe1941 // Jan 16, 2006 at 12:13 pm
blacks are certainly not encouraged to behave in a proper civilised fashion by a slight slap on the wrist. Would white kids have fared as well in the same situation ??
2 nationalistrus // Jan 16, 2006 at 1:56 pm
White kids would not have been in a pack of 12 assaulting women in first place
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