The Atlantic article seems more than a bit hyperbolic.
A recognizance is no mere promise to refrain from committing hate crimes.
Is there a difference in legal languages here? It sounds like a standard restraining order, like one against an abusive ex-spouse with a weapon collection, a history of stalking, and reasonable expectation of harm. (OMG! A pre-crime order against someone even though they haven’t murdered anyone yet!)
The judge may put the defendant under house arrest or electronic surveillance and order them to abstain from alcohol and drugs. Refusal to “enter the recognizance” for one year results in 12 months in prison.
This is madness.
This. Is. Canada!
And that sounds like the normal Find Out when someone doesn’t agree with a restraining order.
