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IS OUR “POLICE CULTURE” TOO MILITARIZED?

https://www.sootoday.com/around-ontario/canada-should-police-carry-guns-experts-look-at-differences-in-foreign-forces-3202635

Posted byDennis Reeve27 December 202027 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

ANOTHER bunch of Assistant Crown Attorneys appointed Judges.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/59772/new-justices-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-8

Posted byDennis Reeve19 December 202019 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

JAIL COVID-19 OUTBREAKS – A good read for all those Assistant Crown Attorneys who argued and those Jurists who decided that COVID-19 was not an inherent risk of incarceration.

Posted byDennis Reeve19 December 202019 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

COVID-19 and JAIL – There is a difference of opinion judicially and administratively as to how we should consider jail sentences during the pandemic. Obtaining accurate information would be a start in developing a consistent policy.

Posted byDennis Reeve18 December 202018 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

This is unfortunate. Justice McLeod is an excellent judge and a wonderful person committed to improving his community.

Posted byDennis Reeve14 December 202014 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND IS BROKEN – Are we in the same situation?

“The scale of the courts’ backlog is highlighted today with figures showing that, in London alone, nearly a quarter of a million people are waiting for their cases to be heard.”

Posted byDennis Reeve12 December 202012 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS – They happen, more often than you may think. This has been a long road but there’s hope with this: “The Trudeau government is poised to consult Canadians on how to go about creating an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences.”

Posted byDennis Reeve10 December 202010 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

IMPAIRED DRIVING – NAMING AND SHAMING DOESN’T WORK

Posted byDennis Reeve5 December 20205 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

ODE TO JOE – and hope for tomorrow.

Posted byDennis Reeve5 December 20205 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

DECRIMINALIZATION OF PERSONAL USE – To me, this does not seem radical. It just makes sense. It may be bad for MY business but it will be so much better for society.

Posted byDennis Reeve4 December 20204 December 2020Posted inUncategorized

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