A man who admits he ran down a Muslim family said he did so because he believed anti-Muslim conspiracies he found on fringe websites like Alex Jones’ Infowars.
The crime he committed is extremely heinous and the Crown wants to make sure their case is bulletproof. The defense is trying to make it seem like because Veltman’s mom was abusive, he read alt-right garbage online, and took psilocybin the day before, he isn’t culpable for driving down the Afzaal family. He had no choice but to kill them, it wasn’t his fault. /s
I understand it is important, and I’m certainly not criticizing anyone. I was just surprised because that is a very long time to have someone on the stand. Does Canada have protections from self-incrimination? I can’t imagine that the defense attorney would be very happy about it.
The crime he committed is extremely heinous and the Crown wants to make sure their case is bulletproof. The defense is trying to make it seem like because Veltman’s mom was abusive, he read alt-right garbage online, and took psilocybin the day before, he isn’t culpable for driving down the Afzaal family. He had no choice but to kill them, it wasn’t his fault. /s
I understand it is important, and I’m certainly not criticizing anyone. I was just surprised because that is a very long time to have someone on the stand. Does Canada have protections from self-incrimination? I can’t imagine that the defense attorney would be very happy about it.