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Travis Patron, the 30-year-old leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, argued his case last week before Justice Neil Robertson, claiming his rights were being infringed by being held in custody. Patron asked for a bail review in his favour and made a habeas corpus application.
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“Habeas corpus is an ancient remedy to protect a free people against arbitrary detention,” Robertson wrote in his decision, issued Tuesday. “It requires the public authority holding the person in custody to bring the body before the court and justify their continued detention or imprisonment.”
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Travis Patron argues his rights, religious freedom being infringed Claiming his rights and religious freedom are being infringed, Patron argued his detention in custody on numerous charges is improper.
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Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 12 hours ago • 3 minute read Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron pictured in 2019. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
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Claiming a lack of jurisdiction by the Crown and a breach of his religious freedoms, the federal leader of the far-right Canadian Nationalist Party argued before a judge his detention is unlawful.
Referring to himself, as he has in the past, in the third and often plural person, Travis Patron argued Tuesday before Queen’s Bench Justice Neil Robertson “the current detention is arbitrary and unlawful and therefore the accused must be released from custody without delay.
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In late September, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Richard Elson found himself in the unenviable position of being the first Saskatchewan judge to preside over a jury trial since COVID-19 began.
He recalls circling the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre prior to jury selection, contemplating his stand-in courthouse and the numerous measures that were being taken to ensure it was both safe and workable as a trial location.
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While jury trials in the province are now at a standstill until March 31 due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the court was able to hear a number of trials in the fall. Admittedly, Elson wasn’t sure what to make of things at the start.