Mr. Speaker, it is not I who shows little faith in jurors and in fellow Canadians. It is the people who support this legislation who will put aside a decision that jurors made in the
initial charge of this conviction. It is a trial by jury and by judge that tries and convicts people on first degree murder.
A person cannot be convicted of first degree murder unless there is a jury there. I respect the jury and I respect the judge at the original time.
Why would we need another judge and jury to decide the fate 15 years later? That fate was decided with all the evidence presented at the time. I respect their decision. I and my colleagues ask why does nobody else respect the decision of that initial court?