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The lawyer of 30-years-old Luka Magnotta, who is charged with first-degree murder in the gruesome manslaughter of a Chinese national, Lin Jun, last May, has asked courts to allow a publication ban on the evidence to be provided at a preliminary hearing that will begin on March 11 at Montreal’s Palais de Justice. The hearing into the death of engineering student of Concordia University in Montreal is anticipated to be heard with interest across the globe.
In addition to the first-degree murder charge, Magnotta is also charged with defiling LIN’s corpse, harassing the Prime Minister of Canada, along with other politicians, and mailing obscene material, including body parts and a video supposedly filmed at the time of crime. The case is expected to receive extraordinary international coverage due to the nature of killing and since the act of suspect fleeing to Canada resulted in an international manhunt, that ended in an Internet cafe of Berlin on June 4.
Seeking publication ban on evidence at a preliminary hearing of such cases is not an abnormal proceeding, since it will only decide whether or not there is substantial evidence for taking the case to trial. Generally, all journalists and members of the public can are allowed to attend any hearing with exception of when lawyers convene for a closed session to argue legal issues or to discuss confidential information. Any evidence heard under a publication ban is disallowed to be transmitted through any channel until the charges are dropped or, if the accused is sent to trial, until the case is over and a verdict has been announced.
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