'Unbelievable': Family, supporters of Baeleigh Maurice call for justice after court decision
CTV
A judge's decision to stay the charge against a driver who hit and killed a child is causing some online uproar. Many of the victim's supporters took to social media to call for justice in the death the nine-year-old girl.
A judge’s decision to stay the charge against a driver who hit and killed a child is causing some online uproar. Many of the victim’s supporters took to social media to call for justice in the death the nine-year-old girl.
On Friday, a provincial court judge ruled Taylor Kennedy’s case was not handled within a reasonable time.
Kennedy was charged with impaired driving exceeding the prescribed blood-drug concentration of THC, causing the death of nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice.
Maurice was going to school on Sept. 9, 2021, pushing her scooter at a crosswalk on 33rd Street West, when she was hit by Kennedy's truck.
Matters at Canadian provincial courts must reach a conclusion by 18 months. Judge Jane Wootten ruled Kennedy 's matter took about 24 months.
Baeleigh Maurice’s supporters held a protest and took to Facebook to express their frustrations with the decision.
“My heart hurts for her family to know justice is yet to be served,” one Facebook post read.
