From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: hinckley
Article-I.D.: watmath.2858
Posted: Tue Jun 29 02:15:51 1982
Received: Tue Jun 29 08:49:52 1982
References: floyd.312

	Well, the hinckley verdict is yet another instance of the marvellous,
complex, stupid adversary court system the U.S. has, loves and deserves.  There
would not likely have been a trial here in Canada at all where all participants,
including defence and crown counsel are officers of the court and not just
hired hax.  In the preliminaries, if in Canada, hinckley would have been
committed to the looney bin and that would have been the end of it.  A lot
less anguish for all concerned and unconcerned.
	John Winterton.