GRABHER – We have a saying that “bad cases make bad law”. A seemingly unjustifiable administrative decision brings a constitutional challenge to the regulatory scheme.

HALIFAX: Lorne Grabher, whose personalized GRABHER licence plate was deemed “socially unacceptable” by the Nova Scotia Registrar of Motor Vehicles, will be in court on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 …

Source: Lorne Grabher in Court Wednesday September 6: GRABHER licence plate challenge to Motor Vehicle Act Regulations

HARPER’S CONTINUING TOUGH ON CRIME LEGACY

“These policies continue to bring more people than ever in conflict with the law and make it more difficult for those caught up in the system to get out. They have clogged our prisons, drained the public coffers, unnecessarily criminalized minor offenders and contributed to a national crisis of court delays that profoundly undermines both justice and public safety.”

Source: Toronto Star’s View: The Trudeau government should not delay on sentencing reforms

MARIJUANA AND ORGANIZED CRIME – Organized crime’s interest in the illegal pot business is going up in smoke

It seems they’re being forced out of the market as it becomes, during this legal hiatus, occupied by a myriad of other suppliers. The coming government scheme will have to compete with an established market when they finally jump in.

There wasn’t much need to smuggle pot into the country when Canadian cannabis connoisseurs liked the homegrown stuff better, experts say.

Source: Organized crime’s interest in the illegal pot business is going up in smoke | Toronto Star

THE JUDICIAL BENCH STANDS STRONG – ‘Believe the victim’ has no place in courts

Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy said she could not rely on the complainant’s testimony, which she found inconsistent, implausible at times and contradicted by – on the key issue of her capacity to consent – video recordings and a toxicologist. “Although the slogan ‘Believe the victim’ has become popularized of late, it has no place in a criminal trial,”

Justice Anne Molloy, who presided over the case, said in her ruling that the rising movement to ‘believe the victim’ has no place in the courts

Source: ‘Believe the victim’ has no place in courts, judge says in sexual assault ruling

TO SERVE AND PROTECT – Police got caught with “their hand in the cookie jar”. No wonder they have an aversion to their conduct being recorded. No, you don’t have to give up your phone if you’re a witness.

It’s the video that shocked a city. Recorded by a citizen who says he feared for a man’s life while watching a Toronto Police Sergeant repeatedly taser and stomp on what appeared to be, an unresponsive, limp suspect, face down on the cold January pavement near Dundas Street East and Church Street. Waseem Khan, the […]

Source: EXCLUSIVE: Review finds cops engaged in discreditable conduct during arrest caught on video – 680 NEWS