Impossible Ideas: The Trial of Byron Sonne
With the trial of accused G20 Summit bomber Byron Sonne due to resume in mid-March, journalist Denise Balkissoon will join moderator Jesse Hirsh to discuss the process of reporting on the story, along with how the legal system has grappled with the impact of social media.
“Did this man plan to bomb the G20?,” the cover story that Balkissoon wrote for Toronto Life magazine last spring, was published just before computer security expert Sonne was granted bail after being jailed for 10 months on charges of possessing explosive substances.
The trial — which Balkissoon covered in its first week last fall for OpenFile — is scheduled to continue on March 19. What has been learned about Sonne through the court system so far? And how has public opinion about the events surrounding the G20 transformed since June 2010?
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