As soon as the Finta case resulted in an acquittal on all eight counts, the government of Canada, under the advice and direction of Irwin Cotler, changed the law so that it was no longer possible to have a jury trial, the right to remain silent was taken away, and the presumption of innocence was replaced by a burden of proof upon the accused to, in effect, prove his innocence on a balance of probabilities. This was accomplished by changing the law into an immigration fraud case, pretending it was a civil matter. That's how the court in Canada under the Immigration Act, under the direction of Mr. Justice O'Reilly, tried Michael Seifert both in Italy and in Canada. This, of course, resulted in an acquittal of Michael Seifert, but by that time he had already been extradited to Italy, where he died some years later in an agonizing circumstance in an Italian jail.
The battle for justice continues and will never cease as long as there are those among us who are treated unjustly, and those others among us who are willing to fight that they be fairly and justly treated.
