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Canada's Conference Board Found Plagiarizing Copyright Report
An anonymous reader writes "There is a storm
brewing in Canada as the prestigious Conference Board of Canada has
been caught
plagiarizing US copyright lobby group documents in a report on copyright
reform. The report was funded by the Canadian copyright lobby as
well as by the Ontario government. The Conference Board has acknowledged
some errors, but stands by the report, while the Ontario government admits
spending thousands of dollars and it now wants some answers."
The police won't file charge an assault easily. One of my friends went into diabetic shock, and crashed his car with his daughter in it. One of the locals thought he was drunk and punched him in the nose, and did quite a bit of damage. The local wanted to send a message about drunk driving with kids. The police wouldn't charge him for assault, because "one hit" could be self-defence.
Also, if no witnesses are present, it can be really tough to prosecute an assault case.
Lesson: if you want to cops to charge someone, show up with a textbook case in advance. The victim should be ready for that random surprise crime. Don't expect the cops to be able to prove it, after the fact.
In fairness to the cops, with no witnesses, many crimes can be almost impossible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Most criminals are stupid, and repeat the same crime endlessly until the get caught. It wasn't the 10,000 examples of vandalism that got a local spray painter thrown in jail. It was the last attempt where the cops caught the vandal red handed.