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[seal_clubber]

CAUTION: This post discusses dead children.

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What is the job of the Coroner in Ontario, in terms of providing evidence to the court? Is it to present the facts to the court, or is it to attempt to aid the crown in securing a conviction? I have found some information on the web, but not the specific answer to that question

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[seal_clubber]

That could very well be the norm — I am happily unfamiliar with how coroner's video evidence tapes usually play out. But in this case, I am dubious. The crime took place inthe bathroom off the mother's bedroom, and the bodies were then left in the mother's bedroom. Why the coroner would need to film inside the little girls' room to present their evidence to the court, I cannot imagine (unless, as discussed earlier, they are deliberately provoking emotional response to help secure a conviction).

Meh. I just do not know. I am hoping someone who is in the know will fill us in.

[alivicwil]

I would think that the setting that the bodies were in would be significant... that the mother closed the door most of the way afterwards (like you would do for a young sleeping child, leaving it ajar to hear any noises) could go towards her state of mind... blah blah blah
It sounds cinematic and flowery the way the newspaper reported it, but that may just be the way the journo wrote it... The coroner's video may have just been taking in the hallway, and happened to catch the shelves (rather than "panning over stuffed animals").

Annd now I've scrolled down and read Murray's reply...

Maybe mum had to go into the kids' room to get the pyjamas that she dressed them in?

I dunno...

[davesbrain]

At first, I assumed this was you describing the video, but I realized it's the paper describing the video. The paper has no such obligation to present just the facts. We have no idea how accurate that account of the video is.

I find it veeeeeeeery likely that the writers at the paper are writing what they want their audience to read.

For me, it's don't trust anything that's not first-hand.

[seal_clubber]

True. I miss the days of passionless fact-reporting in journalism (if such ever truly existed). I'm so very tired of reading a courtroom news article where the defendant is described as "brooding" or "slouching" and the victim is described a "pretty".

[davesbrain]

Yeah. Journalism has not been unscathed by the glut of media people are exposed to. Like everything else, they have to lure their audience with sweeter and sweeter honey, or risk falling into obscurity.