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Justice delayed: Nearly 60% of violent crime cases are stayed or withdrawn in Canada

In April, Alberta prosecutors announced that sexual assault charges against a prominent spiritual leader and his wife would be stayed due to a combination of trial delays and prosecutorial misconduct. After years of waiting, one complainant told The Globe and Mail that those who had come forward felt “betrayed,” that there was “no accountability,” and that they had become “victims of the system.”

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