News Article: Thomas Steen facing assault charges

[sully1410]

My bad, read this after my last post.

As for the OP, there is nothing that is known nor will any or all details be provided. There is no such thing as 3rd degree assault. A punch in the face does not always leave a mark, in fact rarely immediately does in my experience. Also, there is no such thing as an overblown domestic situation.

In my opinion, for what it is worth, this thread should be closed until any actual legal information comes forward.

 

[TheDeuce]

I would be a law peep and would have to say I whole heartedly disagree with the idea of accused identities being secret. That is a slippery slope.

Slippery slope to what, I'm wondering?



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[sully1410]

Slippery slope to what, I'm wondering?



m.

...who knows?

 

[Brian Cadle Fan]

There are only two things I know for sure:

I have no way of knowing whether this is true.

I hope it is not.

Beyond those two things, I see no point in speculating.

 

[Duir]

Slippery slope to what, I'm wondering?



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A whole bunch of issues of where you draw the line. This is very much OT, but I have dealt with several thousand cases that have gone to court and trust me, the charter of rights already errs on the side of the accused enough (from the second the police receive a call to the last stages of court outcome) and is far less forgiving on a victim. The last thing needed is more safeguards for an accused.

That said, back OT.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

When more details emerge regarding Steen and this case, feel free to open another thread. Closed.