Ms. Chelsea Moore at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 15th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 15th, 2023 / 4:40 p.m.

Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

I read those cases as saying sort of the cardinal rule that the Supreme Court talks about, which is that release ought to be the norm and detention ought to be the exception. There's a presumption in most cases that an accused ought to be released.

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