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RSS FeedsHe wasn´t found guilty. Because of that, he was on Ontario´s sex-offender registry for life
(The Star Theatre)

 
 

17 may 2019 22:56:24

 
He wasn´t found guilty. Because of that, he was on Ontario´s sex-offender registry for life
(The Star Theatre)
 


Mr. G’s “nightmare” with the criminal justice system began in 2001 when his then-wife called police over his bizarre behaviour.Unbeknownst to him, he was in the throes of a severe manic episode. Soon after, he had sex with her without her consent — he “mistook her acquiescence due to fear of upsetting me as agreement,” he would say later.That led to criminal charges, including for sexual assault, a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and a finding that he was not criminally responsible for his actions. He was then added to both the Ontario and federal sex-offender registries and has since been subject to rigid reporting requirements that have haunted him for nearly two decades. All this despite the fact he was given an absolute discharge in 2003 when the Ontario Review Board found, unanimously, that he was not a significant threat to the public and his “mental threat is well treated.”Even though he was not found guilty of a crime, and even though his mental health problems were under control, Mr. G could not get his name off the registries.In April, Ontario’s highest court ruled in Mr. G’s case. It found the registries discriminate against people with mental illness by denying them the right to be assessed as individuals and failing to provide pathways for those found not criminally responsible to be removed from the lists — pathways that, were they found guilty, would have been available.In other words, the court found that the law would have treated him better if he were found guiltyThe ruling was seen by advocates as a major victory for people living with mental illness, but Ontario has since sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. It also filed for a stay to the court order that Mr. G should come off its registry.A judge last week decided in Mr. G’s favour on the stay, ruling against the province’s argument that the “public interest” would “suffer irrepar ...


 
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