A Surrey Pretrial centre inmate backed by the West Coast Prison Justice Society is challenging the provincial government’s use of the balance of probabilities standard of proof in prison disciplinary hearings on grounds it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Christopher Trotchie and the not-for-profit society maintain the government should require proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Justice Karen Douglas rendered her reasons for judgment on Oct.
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