First of all, let me say I think I'd like to see how they collected it.
It's estimated--and again, I don't even know where I got this from--that 80% of those charged get convicted of something or plead guilty to something. I think it's somewhere around there. So 20% will go to trial or have it withdrawn or something of that nature. So you're asking me to explain the other 40%.
Where I would see room for a lot of manoeuvring.... What you see a lot of is a gun in a car with four kids or four young adults. When somebody takes the gun, the other three are acquitted, unless they can prove knowledge of the gun in the hands of the others, which they often cannot do.
Mr. Thompson, I can't offer you explanations. It's sort of hard. But with respect to your saying make bail tougher, I have to tell you that you have a charter there that says you can't be denied the right to a reasonable bail without just cause.
