The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that, if the judge who presided over a trial believes a complainant, appeal courts should not disturb a conviction
. While that is not new law, the court has reinforced the message by rebuking some of Canada’s most experienced appellate judges, whom they view as having ignored that principle.
The last time Antonio Rodriguez saw Alexandria Rubio and Tess Mata was on May 19, when their little league softball team, the Bandits, notched a hard-fought 18-to-17 victory over the rival Bruins in Uvalde, Tex. Five days later, the two girls would be among the 19 students killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
“I don’t like guns. I don’t own them,” the 64-year-old landscaper said as he paid his respects at the school. “We need more controls.”
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