The Sofronoff inquiry has only further damaged the public’s faith in the justice system

Public is now asked to believe flaws exposed by Lehrmann case can be remedied by report whose author had lapse in judgment'

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The Sofronoff report was supposed to bring finality.

It was to give some semblance of closure to a saga that has dragged on and on, plumbing new depths in each ghastly iteration.

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