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Toronto driver beats 18-year-old traffic ticket following judge’s ‘sarcastic’ remarks (www.cp24.com)
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Not eaeth-shaking case of precedent but a nice reminder of why legal systems exist and why many have become disengaged by them.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47186075

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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

To be clear, the case is 18 years old, not the driver.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

To be clear, the driver didn't actually assault a traffic ticket either.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Ohh. I'll read the article anyway, I guess...