Criminal Defence Law Blog
Instead of taking an emotional ideological view let’s take a look at the evidence. “As well-intentioned as the recommendation may have been, following through on it sets Canada on a course which ironically perpetuates aspects of the residential school legacy which we are trying so hard to leave behind. If Canada wants to learn from …
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If you spend a night in this hotel remember, you have to comply with a demand to blow, don’t answer any questions about drinking or driving and be sure to give me a call in the morning.
Why did prosecutors in Pennsylvania charge Bill Cosby with sexual assault 12 years after the fact? Because the statute of limitations was about to expire. In Pennsylvania, “the statute of limitations for aggravated indecent assault, which is 12 years, had not expired. The statute of limitations for sexual assault vary by state and crime.” Let’s …
Why do we just accept, without questioning, that the government should take over the existing cannabis industry, seize control and profit from its distribution and taxation? This is, after all, the same entity that conducted a war against it and is still today prosecuting, convicting and imprisoning us for using it. There already exists a …
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“His DWI client insisted she consumed only a few drinks on the day she registered a blood alcohol level that was four times the legal limit. Marusak discovered a rare intestinal disorder called Auto-Brewery Syndrome in which ordinary food is converted into alcohol because of yeast in the digestive system.” I think the emphasis should …
King Alfred the Great (849-99) brought a degree of much needed unity to the disparate Saxon kingdoms he presided over when he became King of Wessex in 871. No sooner had he taken the throne than his Book of Laws made its appearance. The resulting Saxon Law was still going strong over 300 years later. …
Over the summer, the Texas Forensic Science Commission came to an unsettling conclusion: There was something wrong with how state labs were analyzing DNA evidence. At first they assumed the update wouldn’t make a big difference but it discovered the numbers changed quite a bit. It’s unsettling to find out DNA analysis can vary like …
We’re rushing headlong into a Brave New World and Big Brother is already watching. Police already track you by wide-area surveillance, thousands of networked street-level cameras, auto-scanning license plates, drones, and spy planes, but that is primitive compared to what’s coming. Computerized face recognition is already extremely accurate and fast. You can be matched against …
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“Merriam-Webster defines crime as “activity that is against the law.” Law is defined as a “set of rules made by the government.” Thus a criminal is someone who breaks government rules. The law as a whole is an ever-expanding collection of rules that politicians (“lawmakers”) decree and occasionally repeal. Laws are as moral as the …
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DRUG WAR AND ADDICTION – The war on drugs is built on the idea that chemicals cause addiction, and we need to physically eradicate the chemicals from (society). It’s not your morality, it’s not your brain, it’s your cage. Addiction is an adaptation to your environment. If in fact the driver is isolation, pain and …
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