Self-defence and Charge Approval and the BC Government in Court with Government Lawyers

The episode begins by discussing the decision to discontinue a prosecution arising from a Nanaimo business owner who gets shot after trying to retrieve his stolen property from a homeless camp. Crown Counsel has a duty to only approve and proceed with criminal charges where there is a substantial likelihood of conviction. In the case involving the business owner who was shot while attempting to recover property from a homeless camp in Nanaimo, further police investigation reveal...