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THIS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WAS REMOVED FOR SPEAKING OUT ABOUT OUR BAIL SYSTEM – Her concerns were twice acknowledged by the Supreme Court of Canada. She accurately describes the dysfunction of our bail courts.

Posted byDennis Reeve1 December 20201 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

BE AWARE – York Regional Police has launched its annual holiday RIDE program.

Posted byDennis Reeve29 November 202029 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

This partnership is an excellent protocol.

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Posted byDennis Reeve26 November 202026 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

Will Amazon dominate the legal market in the future?

Posted byDennis Reeve25 November 202025 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

Autism does NOT = violence. Autism does NOT = not criminally responsible (NCR)

Why are we so quick to label and generalize things? Autism is a spectrum disorder. The question is NOT whether Minassian is autistic but rather whether he was “suffering from a mental disorder that rendered him incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or of knowing it was wrong. (s. 16(1))

Posted byDennis Reeve22 November 202022 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

Step by step …

Posted byDennis Reeve20 November 202020 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

SEXUAL ASSAULT – The criminal justice system may not be the best place for victims to seek healing.

Posted byDennis Reeve19 November 202019 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

IF YOU’RE CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENCE and do not have a lawyer YOU NEED TO READ THIS! You can no longer ignore it.

https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19/notice-criminal-november182020/

Posted byDennis Reeve19 November 202019 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

FINALLY a move away from our archaic paper-based criminal law system. Ontario launches a digital eIntake platform for speedier filing of criminal charges.

Posted byDennis Reeve12 November 202012 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

Jury trials to recommence November 18th

– They’ll try it again. Courtrooms will be limited to 19 persons. Let’s count: 12 jurors, 1 Judge, 1 Registrar, 1 Court Reporter, 1 accused, 1 defence lawyer, 1 Crown Attorney and 1 witness. That’s 19. No room for 1 interpreter or 1 support worker. No substitute jurors. No room for a second accused and …

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Posted byDennis Reeve6 November 20206 November 2020Posted inUncategorized

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