Judge to rule on local witnesses in convoy trial
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OTTAWA – The criminal trial of two prominent “Freedom Convoy” organizers is expected to resume today with a ruling on whether the court will hear testimony from local Ottawa resident...
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Seems straightforward to me. It’s pretty typical to permit testimony from those who were directly victimized. It’s also pretty typical to permit impact statements from those indirectly victimized.

I think it would depend on what they’re trying to charge him with.

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But your honour it would be devastating to our case!

Exactly what I was thinking. This just sounds like it would be a victim impact statement which serves very standard.

I also fail to see how it could possibly be considered irrelevant.

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