CANNABIS LEGALIZATION SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL BUT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED

1. As a review from two University of Toronto researchers found last year, Black, Latino, and First Nation people are still arrested for cannabis at rates much higher than whites. And this is after legalization. 2. Blair was not concerned too much about the people he used to put in jail for weed, who do …

SENTENCING CRIMINAL OFFENDERS IS AN INDIVIDUALIZED ANALYSIS. WE USE “STARTING POINT” AND “SENTENCING RANGES” AS GUIDELINES AND A PLACE TO START THE ANALYSIS

“Sentencing must begin somewhere, and both starting‑point and range methodologies assist sentencing judges by providing a place to start in the form of either a single number or a range,” said four of the six justices who endorsed starting points. But they also acknowledged there is no such thing as a uniform sentence for a …

WAIT! WHAT? In the trial of the murder of a black man, you don’t want the jury of nearly all-white southerners to see your client’s confederate license plate because they might draw an adverse inference about his character?

https://www.rawstory.com/judge-deals-massive-blow-to-ahmaud-arbery-s-killers-allows-their-confederate-plates-as-evidence/?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1636149840&fbclid=IwAR13OyHJKFkHMDhOo2T4td98MrW-TvOysFL7Tn_ATdun6tCMEYXRSFQPjBU

DUTY COUNSEL –> UNDERRATED, OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID – “Fortunately, in Canada, people who need legal advice can turn to one of the most important and least-known essential services we have: duty counsel. It’s just another thing to be proud of in our country. Duty counsel represent people who don’t have a lawyer in the initial stages of the justice system: first appearances before a judge, bail hearings, child custody matters, mental health courts and much more.”