Howard out on bail
My anonymous poster gave me more invaluable information on the Canadian judicial system with respect to assault, lifted from comments from 2 days ago. Once again thanks anonymous poster.
If Howard decides not to enter guilty pleas, it would be likely be several months before the trial would be held. Howard doesn't have any information to trade with respect to the sexual assault charges themselves, and the Crown generally doesn't like to enter into plea bargains with respect to such charges, particularly without the victims' consent. The Crown would be very concerned by the public safety issue: Howard's already been accused of assaulting three women. If Howard were cooperative on other matters, the Crown *might* agree not to seek a jail term on sentencing (they would want, at the very least, probation with stringent terms, including but not limited to non-association with the victims and therapy,) but that agreement would not bind the sentencing judge.
I decided that Howard would not plead guilty and go on the assumption that a trial would be scheduled some time after the For Better or For Worse strip is retired. This gets Howard out of jail and free to snark about Milborough, which is my reason for his being. If Lynn Johnston decides to ever mention Howard again, then I will adjust to whatever she writes. My expectation is that Howard was only a plot device to get Elizabeth and Anthony together and is already gone from her mind, so there should be no difficulty. I would still love there to be a Trial of Howard sequence, but the outlook is bleak for that to happen. LJ has to get Liz and Anthony married, get Elly and John retired and into that other house, and get Mike, Deanna and family into the Elly and John house in just under 2 years. The packing and moving storyline will take most of that time.
Today was Howard’s bail hearing, which is the necessary step to get him out and about. I took advantage of the existence of the surety for the bail hearing to get Rhetta Blum into the picture. I had originally thought I would go for some sort of competition between Rhetta and Kortney over Howard (and that is still a possibility) but right now it will just be Rhetta. I will mention her as often as possible, for no other reason than to get phatsmacky who posts as Michael Patterson to do his RHETTTTTTAAAAAA!!!!! scream each day.
Next: Working at the Milborough Seniors' Living Palace
If Howard decides not to enter guilty pleas, it would be likely be several months before the trial would be held. Howard doesn't have any information to trade with respect to the sexual assault charges themselves, and the Crown generally doesn't like to enter into plea bargains with respect to such charges, particularly without the victims' consent. The Crown would be very concerned by the public safety issue: Howard's already been accused of assaulting three women. If Howard were cooperative on other matters, the Crown *might* agree not to seek a jail term on sentencing (they would want, at the very least, probation with stringent terms, including but not limited to non-association with the victims and therapy,) but that agreement would not bind the sentencing judge.
I decided that Howard would not plead guilty and go on the assumption that a trial would be scheduled some time after the For Better or For Worse strip is retired. This gets Howard out of jail and free to snark about Milborough, which is my reason for his being. If Lynn Johnston decides to ever mention Howard again, then I will adjust to whatever she writes. My expectation is that Howard was only a plot device to get Elizabeth and Anthony together and is already gone from her mind, so there should be no difficulty. I would still love there to be a Trial of Howard sequence, but the outlook is bleak for that to happen. LJ has to get Liz and Anthony married, get Elly and John retired and into that other house, and get Mike, Deanna and family into the Elly and John house in just under 2 years. The packing and moving storyline will take most of that time.
Today was Howard’s bail hearing, which is the necessary step to get him out and about. I took advantage of the existence of the surety for the bail hearing to get Rhetta Blum into the picture. I had originally thought I would go for some sort of competition between Rhetta and Kortney over Howard (and that is still a possibility) but right now it will just be Rhetta. I will mention her as often as possible, for no other reason than to get phatsmacky who posts as Michael Patterson to do his RHETTTTTTAAAAAA!!!!! scream each day.
Next: Working at the Milborough Seniors' Living Palace
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