Criminal Defence Law Blog
Unfortunately this is still a common tactic employed by York Regional Police drug squad officers – get a uniform cop to make a bogus traffic stop for the purpose of searching the car for drugs. In this case they searched the guy, searched his car, 6 cops assaulted him to the point of breaking his …
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In this case a MMS precluded the Judge from considering the facts of the case, the accused’s background, the suitability of penitentiary conditions and the fact the accused had already served 18 months of house arrest. “Mandatory minimum sentences actually prohibit judges from doing the job they are tasked with, Clark said. Empirically, mandatory sentencing …
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THE WOLVES ARE IN THE HENHOUSE!! This may be exactly what the LSUC needs. Galati, a thorn in Ottawa’s side, and Groia, recently convicted of incivility by the Law Society, will be part of the group setting policy for Ontario’s lawyers. Source: Legal scrappers Rocco Galati and Joseph Groia elected Law Society benchers | Toronto …
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How long do we have to continue to put up with this? “The drug war gives everybody permission to do anything. It gives cops permission to stop anybody, to go in anyone’s pockets, to manufacture any lie when they get to district court. Probable cause was destroyed by the drug war.” Police “carding” in Toronto …
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Canada’s auditor general says inmates are being dumped back into communities, rather than gradually reintegrated into society to ensure they don’t violently re-offend We’ve been saying it all along and now it’s confirmed by facts. “In a report released Tuesday likely to raise political questions about the Conservative government’s law and order agenda, Auditor General …
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Contrary to rumour and reputation, this is an aggressively entrepreneurial city. A hub of commerce and industry, free of job-killing red tape and bureaucratic meddling. Well, not really. But Vancouver is home to at least one phenomenally successful, unfettered growth industry: retail cannabis. Like a tidal wave that starts slowly but builds to an irresistible …
I had an interesting conversation with a claims adjuster for a major insurance company yesterday, which affirmed why I have dash cams in my cars. Besides recording accidents and incidents it will also save you from common scams: 1. Someone suddenly braking at a green light to make you rear-end them. 2. Waving you on …
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But there are still lingering questions about the health effects of the drug — which are stalling efforts to shape public policy. IT’S TIME TO PUT REEFER MADNESS TO BED – “In 2012, government researchers found that people who smoked pot daily for seven years didn’t damage their lungs in a manner similar to that …
Pseudoscience in the Witness Box The FBI faked an entire field of forensic science. “The Washington Post published a story so horrifying this weekend that it would stop your breath. The FBI’s three-decade use of microscopic hair analysis to incriminate defendants was a complete disaster. The Post reported that flawed forensic hair matches might have …
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“The Supreme Court did not side with the criminals; rather, it simply held that jail sentences in Canada must not be grossly disproportionate to the severity of the offence. The financial costs, however, pale in comparison to the toll suffered by our democracy when people receive disproportionate jail sentences because the government chose to advance …