Edwardh has been involved in numerous high-profile Canadian criminal cases:

But in the Indian and Canadian cases, they added, such bodies either did not exist or refused to help, so "the doubts are unresolved."

The decision received substantial international attention and became a landmark Canadian legal case.

Mr. Roach also argues that racism is a factor in the Canadian case.

Another Canadian case was reported in May 2003.

But this time around, the United States lumber industry has decided to challenge the economic assumption behind the Canadian case.

They were disdained by the Canadian hard cases as soft "snow blowers" who would pull up in a spray of ice rather than risk collision.

In the Canadian case, they are almost purely economic.

In previous Canadian cases, pleas to end life generally came from family members speaking for patients who were comatose or judged to be brain-dead.

The Canadian case appears to endorse the Saudi view that the bombers got crucial help from outsiders.