Canadians say too many people are getting out on bail. The data paint a complex picture | Unpublished
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Author: David Ebner
Publication Date: October 22, 2025 - 18:42

Canadians say too many people are getting out on bail. The data paint a complex picture

October 22, 2025

James Plover walked out of the courthouse in Kelowna on July 4 after being convicted of assault by choking and uttering threats to cause death. His hearing had lasted 18 minutes.

Sentencing was set for September, back at the courthouse in the British Columbia Interior. Since Mr. Plover’s arrest a year earlier, and through a trial in the spring, he had abided by bail conditions that restricted contact with the person he had assaulted, whose identity is protected by publication ban.



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