“Our society has developed procedures and legal mechanisms over the course of centuries to ensure justice and due process are afforded to all. When certain actors decide to work outside those robust and developed frameworks, innocent people often get hurt. That is precisely what has happened here.”

Phaedra Perry-Bond · said 2026-10-09 · reported 2026-10-13

The judge wrote that when actors work outside legal frameworks, innocent people get hurt, as had happened in this case.