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Wife Assault: It's A Crime, writ- ten and directed by Rob McAuinch, A Justice Theatre '93 Production at the PNE,

' UILTY OR not sul ty?

" Appareatly it was an open ‘and shut case... Five hands immediately : shot up

for the verdict of guilty.

“-: Five faces slowly turned to stare | “in disbelief at a theatre critic who - wanted to discuss whether any fac-.-

tual evidence had ever been pres-

= ented and if we were just voting,

on the'issue of credibility.

‘An hour is a big investment of — time-at the PNE, where most expe- tiences are of ‘the peripatetic varie- ty: ga nered during a snail- Tike

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Even major free attractions like the demolition derby and the

" escape artist fast only 30 minutes.

It's as if sitting for an hour wastes time that could be more profitably spent looking for the excitement of the PNE that is probably just beyond the next hotdog stand.

Yet three separate shuffles past

the Justice Theatre reveal three packed houses watching either a

court trial or a human rights hear- ing into a claim of sexual harass- ment. ' Few seats, once occupied, were _ vacated and many casual strollers grew roots once they absorbed the amplified words of the drama being played out in front of them. We took our seats in the jury _ box because it was the coolest * spot in a very hot room but from - the moment Crown Counsel took Const. Patricia Gilbertson (Laara

Fox) through her evidence it was easy to forget the PNE.

Fox looked and sounded every inch a policewoman, Professional,

‘tough and deliberately sexless Fox

clearly illuminated one facet of this sharp little script — some of the difficulties the police face after ar- testing a suspect.

Created for The People’s Law School by writer Rob McAninch, the two scripts on view at the PNE are part of the school’s ongoing mandate to teach ordinary British Columbians about their laws and © legal system.

McAninch manages te condense

the due process of law into a tense ©

little courtroom drama with the help of seven talented and profes- sional actors who humanize the story without turning it into a soap opera.

This condensation is a difficult jugsling act when se much. “issue’’ information is also to be. spelled out for the larger audience

beyond the jury and for the most part, McAninch succeeds.

| was pleased to tearn that Van- couver police policy is to charge and incarcerate all wife assaulters for the purpose of a bail hearing intended to set pre-trial conditions that include no further contact.

| was heartened to hear that Const. Gilbertson made it clear to the accused husband that it was a police decision to arrest him once she believed the crime of assault had taken place and that his wife had nothing to do with. that deci-

_ sion,

Denying the husband's assertion that it was a family matter Gilbert- son argued, “When the law. is

being just as much a matter of concern

_ to the police as, ifi it took place, out- , . side,”’

-We need more constables like

Gilbertson. We néed more big- “eared neighbors to risk Belting in-

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roken inside the home it is .

law becomes courtroom drama

Why 2

Well if you fi find it difficult ta to credit that most victims of wife- beating suffer an average of 35. assaults before calling police, con- ' sider this one unarguable fact.

$2% of murdered women in - Canada are killed by their husband or lover. -

' The People’s Law School suc: ceeds in making .the process.’ of law accessible and reinforces. the concept that justice rests in the hands of every citizen, not just the police.

But its success is not based -

- solely on high-profile issues.

! applauded this particular cast, as well as the questions raised i in

Justice Theatre ’93. °;

The hour was the shortest and : most exciting | spent at.the PNE.: Oh yes. For the record —1

‘voted “guilty” too.

But | have a new respect for the :

‘difficulty of establishing what is. . “beyond a reasonable doubt ”

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