[Lady In Blue]

Thanks,Wallaby for this thread.Maybe after all of these years, justice will be done and the full truth will be exposed in the U.S.

[Wallaby]

You are very welcome.

Justice has been long coming, but here is encouraging news from Canada:

Crown speeds up process in blood scandal
Defence protests bypassing of preliminary hearing  
Mark Kennedy
CanWest News Service
Wednesday, December 24, 2003  

OTTAWA - In a rare move, the criminal proceedings against those charged in Canada's tainted-blood scandal have suddenly been put on a fast track.

Michael Bryant, the Ontario Attorney-General, has granted a request from Crown attorneys to send the cases straight to a trial, bypassing the normal preliminary hearings that could have significantly delayed the cases.

For years, tainted-blood victims have been crying for justice.

Yesterday, one of their spokesmen praised the decision to go directly to trial, a legal manoeuvre known as a direct indictment.

"The Crown has shown a great deal of strength and determination to pursue this," said Mike McCarthy, a hepatitis C victim who is a member of the Canadian Hemophilia Society....