Arguing over freedom of information
Posted May 24, 2011 06:51:18 AM.
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Week 2 of the Ashley Smith inquest in Toronto will start off with some heated legal arguments about freedom of information.
Presiding coroner, Dr. Bonita Porter will hear arguments about a motion from the Correctional Service of Canada for a publication ban on all evidence presented at the inquest.
Ashley Smith died in a Kitchener prison cell in October 2007, with a ligature tied around her neck, and guards standing at the door watching, under orders to stop intervening in Ashley’s frequent suicide attempts.
The CSC is asking for either a total ban on all evidence until the end of the inquest; or, a ban on evidence until it can be presented “in context”; or, at least blurring the faces of any guards shown in photos or videos.
The inquest is expected to last into the Fall at least.
