Dennis Reeve – Page 18 – The ReeveLaw Blog

YES, THEY CAN DO THIS – send the Sheriff out onto the street to randomly grab some potential jurors.

PRESUMPTIVELY REMOTE COURT HEARINGS – The Supreme Court of Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner said “Now, we actively encourage remote hearings,”

THANK YOU Mr. Steven Skurka for being so bold as to raise the “driving while black” defence so many years ago against great outrage. Today, systemic police racism in the Toronto Police Service has finally been officially acknowledged.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLICE DISRESPECT THE LAW AND YOUR RIGHTS? – NOT MUCH

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2022/06/09/how-torstar-found-600-cases-of-police-violating-fundamental-rights-when-no-one-is-tracking-this-national-problem.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_128150

It’s the LAW!

THIS EXPLAINS A WHOLE LOT!! – “Finland requires 5,400 hours of training before becoming a police officer, according to data compiled by the Institute for Criminal Justice Training Reform in the United States, which advocates for more police training in that country. Germany and the Netherlands average around 4,000 hours; Britain more than 2,000 hours. Canada calls for barely more than 1,000 hours. Only the U.S. makes us look good – as it so often does – with an average of just 650 hours of training before giving a young person a badge and a gun.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-why-is-it-so-much-easier-to-become-a-cop-in-canada-than-an-electrician/

WHEN THE JUDGE AND CROWN GO OUT FOR DINNER AND DRINKS TOGETHER DURING A TRIAL = A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

YOU CAN’T EXECUTE A PERSON MORE THAN ONCE – “The ruling does not mean that multiple murderers will walk free after 25 years. It does not mean they have a right to parole once the minimum period has expired. It means they have a right to apply. In any such proceeding, the onus is on the prisoner to show why he is no longer a threat to society, not on the Crown to show why he is.”

PAROLE INELIGIBILITY REDUCTION DOES NOT EQUAL A SENTENCE REDUCTION – A life sentence is for life. “The fact that a person is eligible for parole doesn’t mean they’re getting parole. A person released on parole would continue serving a sentence, being under strict supervision with the possibility of returning to prison until they die.” “The American system of justice is a horror. I know that Mr. Harper and Mr. Poilievre would like to bring that in. But God help us. Ours is so much more merciful and so much more decent.”