Subhead:Doug Ford’s prosecutors are demanding shockingly harsh prison sentences — seven years for Tamara Lich and eight for Chris Barber — despite legal precedents showing that peaceful, first-time political protesters typically receive no jail time at all.#
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I’m at the courthouse in Ottawa. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are about to be sentenced for their roles in the 2022 trucker convoy.
Legal precedent says that a first offence for politically-motivated mischief, where there was no violence involved, results in ZERO jail time. I’ve sat through several of the recent sentencing hearings for various truckers across Canada, and I’ve heard all of the precedents — typically Greenpeace protesters blocking a bridge or a logging road, or an anti-oil protester blocking a pipeline.
Time after time, judges give people a warning and let them go. (And remember: Tamara has already spent 49 days in jail awaiting trial.)
Incredibly, Doug Ford’s prosecutors are demanding SEVEN YEARS in prison for Tamara, and EIGHT YEARS for Chris.
