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METRO VANCOUVER - A West Vancouver man who stabbed a friend to death outside the Hollyburn Country Club five years ago will return to law school at the University of British Columbia this fall while out on day parole.
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This month, the National Parole Board decided to extend Ansari's parole by another six months, noting he has been "accepted back to law school and will resume classes in September 2011."
Ansari completed his second year of law school between the time that he was charged with Goos' murder in May 2006 and the time of his trial in 2008.
What do you guys think? Should schools be allowed to let convicts have a 2nd chance? Not sure if I'm reading the article properly or did he get accepted into law school after he was charged??
Just sounds kind of ironic that he's going to become a lawyer haha. Even if he graduates I'm not sure if the bar exams will pass people with criminal records.
It will be hard for him to pass the BAR because they red flag anybody who has a criminal record. However, they do judge it based on how serious the crime was and how old you were when it was committed. Some people have tried for 20 years to gain acceptance to the BAR with an assault causing bodily harm and still continue to get rejected.
IIRC, the person in question was already a UBC Law student when the crime was committed, indicating he likely had no record before as I believe most professional program applications hold some sort of background check. A UBC official was interviewed on VS as saying that the school did not have the legislation nor right to actively monitor students' records, and this would explain why he is continuing in the program.
A number of scholarships however, are being retracted as the sponsors learned of the benefactor's crime. As well, he is unlikely to get any job or apply to the Bar with this spot on his record...
It's also part of the whole rehabilitation thing. How can we expect someone to reintegrate into society if we prevent them from every single thing? Posted via RS Mobile
It's also part of the whole rehabilitation thing. How can we expect someone to reintegrate into society if we prevent them from every single thing?
Thank you! The last thing we need is an US style system where your life is ruined for smoking pot.
The whole concept is, pay your debt to society.
No, this guy may not be able to pass the bar, but that doesn't prevent you from having a legal profession. There are lots of people that have gone to law school, but don't take the bar exam. It just means you can't represent clients in court, but you can work for companies in a legal capacity.
We are all human beings, why can't he deserve a second chance? He could of have change, or not at all but it still doesn't mean we treat the guy like he's a social outcast
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Thank you! The last thing we need is an US style system where your life is ruined for smoking pot.
The whole concept is, pay your debt to society.
No, this guy may not be able to pass the bar, but that doesn't prevent you from having a legal profession. There are lots of people that have gone to law school, but don't take the bar exam. It just means you can't represent clients in court, but you can work for companies in a legal capacity.
he didn't just "smoke pot", he fucking MURDERED someone.
his life should be ruined as there is no "debt to society" to pay off when you murder someone.
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We are all human beings, why can't he deserve a second chance? He could of have change, or not at all but it still doesn't mean we treat the guy like he's a social outcast
I don't understand the problem... why wouldn't you want ex-cons to get an education? It's a step in the right direction to not continue a life of crime...
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Well he's a sociopath.
Stabbed his friend so he wouldn't have to pay back money he owes the guy.
Knows how to lie convincingly.
Brother is associate of the UN gang.
Now we will train him to manipulate the law.
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No, actually, it's a right. If you meet the standards, you have the right to the education. You can't be turned down, unless they do not have the capacity to take you. That's the ONLY reason they can deny you if you meet all their other standards.
The standards (for post secondary) don't include criminal background checks. Only $ and grades and some other shit they might consider.
Lower forms of education are even more strict in terms of the right to having access. Primary/elementary, and secondary.
Lol one of my crim teachers got his degree in prison. He's obviously very left wing about this subject and all about rehabilitation and second chances.
U guys are all missing the point, he doesn't necessarily have to take the bar exam, or be a lawyer, or whatever. The point of school is to educate yourself. You guys obviously went to school for the wrong reasons. It's not what comes after school, its what you learn in school. The right to learn, to know stuff.
Before the internet there was no wiki and shit. You had to go to a liberary, school, or shadow someone to learn shit. Even prisons have liberaries. Posted via RS Mobile
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