Author archives: Dennis Reeve

MISLEADING SENSATIONALISM – People will take what serves their purposes from a judgment. Like a catchy headline evoking an emotional response at the expense of understanding the logic of laws that protects us all from abuses of power. The headline, a “Charter technicality” flies in the face of the findings of Justice Prutschi. “Even without any malice or bad faith on the part of police, the breach was more than a mere technical error, he continued. “The result is the complete denial of true right to counsel. This is a serious violation favouring exclusion of evidence.”

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NO DEFENCE COUNSEL NEED APPLY – IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

Do you remember when we objected to Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey messing with the established procedure of selecting persons for judicial appointments? Well this is the result. The last 12 out of 13 appointments were selected from the government assistant crown attorneys (ACA) and prosecutors. No defence lawyers were selected. Why? …

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