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Robert Richards, the lawyer who
took over for McKillop, appointed to Sask Appeal Court |
Jan. 2004: Sermonette on McKillop
and Quennell, the non-dynamic duo | Jan. 28, 2002: What
happened when Richard Klassen drove to Regina to get the box
of documents McKillop had phoned that he'd just found . .
. | December, 2004:
Government stalls appeal: seeks
to intervene on its own behalf (McKillop is still involved
with this) | Dueck walks away a wealthy
man: it seems no one has the will to make him account for
his malicious and criminal actions
Don McKillop,
Q.C.
Crown may hire private
lawyers in Klassen case
Shannon Boklaschuk, The
StarPhoenix, January 24, 2004
Two private practice lawyers
may be brought in to play a role in representing Crown prosecutors
Matt Miazga and Sonja Hansen.
In December, Court of Queen's
Bench Justice George Baynton ruled that Miazga, child therapist
Carol Bunko-Ruys and Saskatoon police officer Supt. Brian Dueck
maliciously prosecuted Richard Klassen and 11 other plaintiffs.
The suit against Hansen, meanwhile,
was dismissed.
The province has announced
it will appeal Baynton's judgment, rather than settle with the
innocent plaintiffs. The government is also appealing Baynton's
dismissal of a defamation lawsuit brought against Klassen by
Miazga and Hansen.
Government lawyer Donald McKillop,
who represents Miazga and Hansen, said no final decisions have
been made about adding the legal help.
"I'm representing them
(Miazga and Hansen) now. There's always the possibility, and
it's been talked about from time to time, that there might be
other lawyers," he said in an interview Friday.
The private practice lawyers
have been identified as Silas Halyk and Robert Richards. If their
services are retained, it has not been decided who would pay
for that, McKillop said.
There's the possibility that
Miazga and Hansen could pay themselves, he said.
"Sure, I mean that's a
possibility. Might the government pay them? That's a possibility.
May there be other possibilities? All of that's on the table."
McKillop, who receives a salary
from the government, wouldn't go into specifics about why the
outside assistance may be required.
Klassen believes taxpayers
will be on the hook if Halyk and Richards are brought into the
fold. He pointed out that McKillop is paid by salary.
"Somebody has to pay Mr.
Halyk and Mr. Richards. That would mean that the appeal is obviously
costing the taxpayers some money, over and above the money they've
already spent," Klassen said.
David MacLean, provincial director
of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation, said it's time for the
government "to cut their losses and end this process right
now.
"It's a terrible waste
of tax dollars," he said.
"This situation has taken
on such great significance in this province. The longer it continues,
the worse it gets, and the people of Saskatchewan want to forget
this and move on."
In 1991, Klassen, his wife
and others were accused of sexually abusing three Saskatoon-area
foster children, Kathy, Michell and Michael Ross. The bizarre
allegations included detailed accounts of satanic ritual abuse.
Police arrested 16 people in
1991, but charges against 12 individuals were stayed in 1993,
while Richard's father, Peter Klassen, pleaded guilty to four
counts of sexual assault. The birth parents and a family friend
were found guilty, but the decision was overturned by the Supreme
Court.
The children later recanted
their stories, and Michael Ross was found to abusing his sisters.
Klassen and the others then
sued for in excess of $10-million, alleging malicious prosecution.
Lawyers for police, prosecutors, and the therapist, meanwhile,
argued the officials were simply doing their jobs.
© Copyright 2004 The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
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Inquiry into the malicious prosecution of David
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- Stephen Williams:
Canadian writer subject to Stasi-like treatment by Canadian police
- Terry
Arnold: : Snitch a
suicide?
- RCMP
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- Vopnis
- Abdulai
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- Nfld Defamation story:
- Wanda
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- Racism
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The Terrible Story behind the Atif Rafay and
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Trial
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The
Crown is still fighting Fred Poirier -- and they are losing.
Secret Commissions Case from Northern B.C.
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- 2005: In
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- Brandon Morin:
- Convicted in Oregon
- of rapes which did not happen
- This website has good information
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which have been in place since 1994. In this case we see how
the combination of a flawed grand jury system and prosecutors
who seek not justice but convictions is a recipe for wrongful
convictions.
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Canadians who
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A
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