In a series of reports that began this week, CTV introduced you to Dennis Karbovanec as he left Surrey Provincial Court.
His latest run-in with the law involved charges of fraud over $5,000 and nine counts of possession of a fire arm.
Last November, Karbovanec -- a known gangster -- who police say is a danger to the public, stood before Judge Ellen Gordon. She released him on bail.
But when asked whether he thought someone like Karbovanec should be out on bail, B.C.'s Chief Judge Hugh Stansfield declined to comment.
"I can't respond to anything about Mr. Karbovanec's bail,'' he said, adding that he couldn't talk about the judge who granted it.
Her name is Judge Ellen Gordon, and two years ago Attorney General Wally Oppal openly criticized her after she gave convicted drunk driver Jenny Woloshyn a two-year jail term for killing 23-year old David Firenze.
Wolosyhn had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood when she crashed. Judge Gordon gave her credit for not speeding.
"We think the sentence in this particular case is contrary to the law. The criminal justice system can never be out of touch with the public pulse," Oppal said at the time.
An appeal court later doubled Judge Gordon's sentence.
In another case, Judge Gordon sentenced a man who had for years molested his step-daughter to one year in prison.
In January 2006, June Matheson -- the woman who admitted she poisoned trees to improve the view from her west end condo -- received a discharge from Judge Gordon, and no criminal record.
"Those are the kinds of decisions that make people question what's going on in our courts,'' said Oppal.
Rather then make any comment about other judges and cases, Judge Stansfield told CTV News that he tries to do his best. "But I'm human and I may get it wrong...and if I do I like the fact that there is an appeals process,'' he said.
And according to Stansfield, he knows of no formal complaints against Judge Gordon.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Anna Gebauer.
