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Former AG charged in hit-and-run: Ontario has retained an independent prosecutor to handle a homicide case against its former attorney general. Michael Bryant, who was attorney general for the province from 2003 to 2007, allegedly dragged cyclist Darcy Sheppard through a Toronto street at high speed after the two had an altercation at a traffic light. Sheppard was clinging to the car but was eventually flung off and killed. Usually, cases involving prominent officials are handled in the Crown Law Office—but many prosecutors there are former Bryant hires, so an independent prosecutor was brought in. Bryant, who reportedly fled the scene but was arrested shortly afterward, was instrumental in toughening Ontario’s laws against reckless driving.

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