I appreciate the lawyer's position. I understand that fully. But if I'm an average Canadian out there...and when you say the real intent is to get the truth, I think a lot of average Canadians would say, “If we want the truth, then that individual should also testify”. That's not one of the principles of our law, but I know--and I have spent a lot of time in criminal courts--the accused does not testify. The accused doesn't have to say “I didn't do it”, or “I did do it”.
It seems to me you don't show a great deal of sympathy to the people who have been victimized by some of these folks, and I understand that that's the role you're playing here. That's fair enough. But when you say that people can't go home to their families, or they can't share things, when I see the other witness at the table who does not have those options either, not of her doing--