Skip to content

The ReeveLaw Blog

Criminal Defence Law Blog

WEEKEND JAIL SENTENCES –> OVERCROWDING –> SECURITY CONCERNS –> LOCKDOWN

Posted bywpengine 21 June 2018

Canadian judges can impose intermittent terms when sentences are 90 days or less, involving people assessed as a low risk to society

Source: How weekend-only jail sentences can cause security risks, overcrowding

Posted bywpengine21 June 2018Posted inUncategorized

Post navigation

Previous post Previous post:
WHY DO WE EQUATE THE IMPAIRING EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA? “A significant limitation of these studies is the inability to assess the level of driver impairment, as the complex pharmacokinetics of cannabinoids pose a challenge to establishing a universally accepted and scientifically valid standard of cannabis impairment,”
Next post Next post:
DRUNK DRIVING AND IMMIGRATION – “New amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada mean foreign nationals and permanent residents convicted of impaired driving can now be deemed inadmissible and could face deportation.”

Recent Posts

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford defends plan to increase jail capacity by thousands. IT’S A MIXED BLESSING. ON THE ONE HAND IT WILL REDUCE THE TERRIBLE OVERCROWDING BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT LOOKS LIKE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE INCARCERATED. FORD’S DEHUMANIZING RHETORIC IS CONCERNING. 
  • DOUG FORD HAS TO STAY IN HIS OWN LANE – IF HE EVEN UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT MEANS.
  • THIS IS WHY WE ADVISE ARRESTED CLIENTS IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS TO GIVE ABSOLUTLEY NO STATEMENT TO THE POLICE
  • WHEN YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT CASE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS ON.
  • VETERAN PROSECUTOR, MARNIE GOLDENBERG, ACCUSED OF TELLING TORONTO COP HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ‘FALSE EVIDENCE’ UNDER OATH – ‘WE PROTECT OUR OWN”
The ReeveLaw Blog, Proudly powered by WordPress.