Criminal Defence Law Blog
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has imposed a 12 day jail sentence for possession of 97 grams of marijuana that would otherwise now require a minimum one year jail sentence under Harper’s tough on crime laws. Harper’s laws are out of touch. Ontario’s appeal court has lowered a Sarnia man’s one-year jail sentence for possession of …
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“In terms of social drug policy, the “results confirm that the risk of cannabis may have been overestimated in the past,” the researchers said in the report, which was funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.” Cannabis was also found to be the drug …
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“Two years ago, 30 armed tactical officers woke Dawson in his home, put him face down and cuffed him while aiming guns at his head. “They had assault rifles pointed at my pregnant wife,” Dawson said. “It was terrifying.” Since then he’s spent thousands in legal fees.” The court process took 2 years, he plead …
Yes I know it’s BuzzFeed but it’s true, domestic violence and abuse is not a “gender specific offence” as some would have us believe. Men suffer from it at the hands of women in silence and shame. “My ex-girlfriend was physically and mentally abusive, whenever I told someone they told me to man up and …
It seems so obvious and humane. A report from the John Howard Society says many people with mental illness become caught in the criminal justice system for lack of community support and programming. Source: Criminal justice system no place for mentally ill, John Howard Society says – Sudbury – CBC News
When the facts and evidence don’t fit your ideology, ignore it. The Conservative Bill C-14 gets “tough” on the mentally ill. “The numbers of mentally ill individuals in the criminal justice system is on the rise. Harsher treatment of NCR offenders designated as “high risk” is likely to encourage defence lawyers to ensure their mentally …
How quickly policies, once enacted, change. Harper’s new power to strip Canadians of citizenship and deport them now also applies to native born citizens for the first time in Canadian history. “But in a strange way, the Conservatives are equal-opportunity revokers. The Gaya case demonstrates that when the government is determined to banish those it …
The Supreme Court of Canada has stuck “a balance between a Muslim woman’s desire to testify wearing a veil and her accused molester’s right to see her face in a fair trial. The ruling should force the Conservative federal government to reverse its requirement for women in niqab to remove the face-veil when taking the …
Inequities are the result of getting “tough on crime” without proper safeguards. For those of you that harbour the attitude that you have nothing to worry about because you haven’t done anything wrong, you better read this. The government’s “us vs. them” approach to criminal law turns all of us into “them” and causes the …
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We often don’t consider how far ranging the effects of such tragedies are on secondary victims. It’s something to think about. A top paramedic says the fatal crash that claimed the lives of three children and their grandfather north of Toronto has had an unprecedented impact on the well being of first responders. Source: Paramedics …