“In the last five years, nearly 350 officers from police services in the Greater Toronto Area have been disciplined for what their own services call “serious” misconduct. Someone with a criminal record would almost never be hired as a cop. But many cops who are convicted of criminal offences are allowed to keep working. Police …
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CANADIAN CRIMINAL LAW HAS BECOME NEEDLESSLY NASTY
When the leader of a country as richly blessed as Canada begins to talk about the meaning of life, one expects some joy or words of hope. The opposite is the truth. Source: Criminal justice not that just, or humane | Camrose Canadian
STATUTORILY COMPELLED STATEMENTS – ABCA Confirms Statutory Compulsion & Principle Against Self-Incrimination Exclude MV Insurance Statements – Supreme Advocacy LLP
You’ve been in a motor vehicle accident and the police require you to give a statement under the HTA and your insurance company requires you to give as statement under your policy. Do you have to give these statements and if so, can they be used against you in a criminal prosecution? Yes you do …
A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JUSTICE ROSENBERG
Source: Ontario judge remembered for being down to earth | The Canadian Jewish News
THE OPEN COURT PRINCIPLE
“All court cases are about the exercise of state power. As the Supreme Court of Canada recently said, the transparency that flows from public access to the courts “ensures that justice is rendered in a manner that is not arbitrary, but is in accordance with the rule of law.” When the state prosecutes someone for …
SEX CRIMES AGAINST YOURSELF – SEXTING
In North Carolina a 16 year old girl took a sexually explicit selfie and sent it to her boyfriend. She was charged with 2 felony sex crimes against herself and listed as both the adult perpetrator and the minor victim. If convicted she will go to jail and be registered as a sex offender for …
WE NEED A NEW NATIONAL DRUG POLICY
Continuation of our policy of prosecuting Richard Nixon’s “War on Drugs” will only continue the resounding failure of mounting death tolls and increasing rate of incarceration. The war is lost. The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition says “We can continue to work within the paradigm of drug prohibition or we can begin to explore alternative approaches …
8 COMMON MYTHS THAT MAKES YOU DOUBT THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS FAIR:
1 Eyewitnesses are highly reliable. 2 Fingerprint evidence is foolproof. 3 Human memories are reliable. 4 Innocent people never confess. 5 Police are objective in their investigations. 6 Guilty pleas are proof of guilt. 7 Prosecutors play fair. 8 Long sentences deter crime. Source: Eight common myths that make the US justice system seem fairer …
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GOOD NEWS FOR SOME OF YOU – Toronto cancels almost a million unpaid parking tickets
Now, what’s the lesson here? Source: Toronto cancels almost a million unpaid parking tickets
CRIMINALIZING TEENAGE SEXTING – and other related things. Nudity isn’t indecent. It’s a British tradition.
Why are we so crazy sensitive when it comes to anything involving nudity or sex? “How were you dressed when you were born?” It is hypocritical to keep jailing the naked rambler when some of our greatest minds were applauded for getting their kit off Source: Nudity isn’t indecent. It’s a British tradition | Philip …