Winnipeg Free Press: Bluster on bail boiling over, but jury is out

It was a rare glimpse into how Manitoba’s justice system tackles the tricky — and, increasingly political — issue of bail. Publication bans cover the majority of contested bail hearings, preventing the public from knowing what defence lawyers and prosecutors argued. But on Thursday, the usual ban wasn’t in place in a Grand Rapids man’s aggravated assault case, allowing the Free Press the opportunity to pull back the veil on bail court. Brandon Trask, an associate law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former Crown prosecutor in the Maritimes, was not surprised by Thursday’s outcomes.“I think the public is being left with an inaccurate impression right now, if you were to only listen to much of the talk politically,” Trask said. 

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