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Judge refuses to enforce Ontario’s new ‘cash bail’ rules. Toronto-area human‑trafficking suspect released without deposit

A Superior Court judge has refused to enforce Ontario’s new cash bail system in a stunning rebuke just days after the controversial rules came into effect.

On Wednesday in Milton, Justice Scott Cowan released a woman charged with human trafficking without a cash deposit, in direct violation of the new law that demands payment in full within 48 hours.

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