Let’s be clear: they are not admissible as evidence in Canadian courts. Here’s one reason: “Cop Faces Up To 100 Years For Training Customers To Lie During Polygraph Exams!”
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WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOU FIND A DOG IN A HOT CAR?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/07/10/ottawa-walmart-hot-cars-vehicles-dogs-animals-worker-fired-cheney-parking-lot-customer.html?cmp=rss
Apparently you can get fired for reporting it. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/wal-mart-employee-fired-after-reporting-dog-in-hot-truck-1.1347231?cmp=rss
Source: The Barrister Brief: Animal Law: What to Do If You Witness a Dog (or Other Animal) in a Hot Car
MANDATORY FINES
Harper has imposed a mandatory fine upon every single criminal conviction in addition to whatever other penalty is imposed, no matter what the circumstances. This may be okay if you’re financially well off but for this defendant “who had addiction issues, was homeless and lived on $250 per month in social assistance”, it was a problem. Justice “Glass, who earns $308,000 annually as a Superior Court judge” doesn’t think so. We, the members of the Criminal Lawyers Association don’t agree. This is why we’re joining the appeal.
Source: Victim surcharges ‘entrench cyle of poverty’: lawyer
Case thrown out due to duty counsel’s rudeness
ONE PERSON’S EXPERIENCE WITH DUTY COUNSEL – If you are arrested and want to exercise your right to get legal advice but don’t know a lawyer then you can speak with duty counsel for free. Legal Aid contracts out the service to the Sykes Corp. who hires lawyer(s) to answer the phone and provide this service. This lawyer was “the ONLY duty counsel available in Ontario” when this person was arrested. You can read about the level of service she was given.
I’ve got a criminal record. How can I get a job? – The Globe and Mail
For those who think they won’t be able to get a job if they have a criminal record, it’s not true. Here are a couple of good practical answers.
Every job these days seems to require a criminal background check
Source: I’ve got a criminal record. How can I get a job? – The Globe and Mail
THE REALITIES OF BEING A SOLE PRACTITIONER
Why didn’t anyone tell you about the sleepless nights that sometimes go along with small-firm practice? Here’s more information you should have before hanging a shingle.
Source: The ‘Bloody Nipples’ Of SmallLaw, Or What They Didn’t Tell Me | Above the Law
YORK POLICE BREAK THE LAWS THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD
Unfortunately this is still a common tactic employed by York Regional Police drug squad officers – get a uniform cop to make a bogus traffic stop for the purpose of searching the car for drugs. In this case they searched the guy, searched his car, 6 cops assaulted him to the point of breaking his ribs and then in an attempt to cover up, charged him with assaulting police. You think this stuff happens elsewhere? It’s happening right here … in our home … to people like you and me.
Blistering ruling tossing out three charges involving ketamine sends a message to police about Charter rights, observers say.
Source: Drug case dropped after judge finds York cops lied to search man’s car | Toronto Star
MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES = MANDATORY INJUSTICE –
In this case a MMS precluded the Judge from considering the facts of the case, the accused’s background, the suitability of penitentiary conditions and the fact the accused had already served 18 months of house arrest. “Mandatory minimum sentences actually prohibit judges from doing the job they are tasked with, Clark said. Empirically, mandatory sentencing costs the taxpayer massively, “with no corresponding gain in public safety. Mandatory minimum sentences give an unfair advantage to the Crown by making it more likely for the accused to plead guilty to a lesser offence for fear of risking a long prison sentence,”
Source: Manitoba judge defying mandatory minimum sentence keeps debate raging
THE WOLVES ARE IN THE HENHOUSE!! This may be exactly what the LSUC needs.
THE WOLVES ARE IN THE HENHOUSE!! This may be exactly what the LSUC needs.
Galati, a thorn in Ottawa’s side, and Groia, recently convicted of incivility by the Law Society, will be part of the group setting policy for Ontario’s lawyers.
Source: Legal scrappers Rocco Galati and Joseph Groia elected Law Society benchers | Toronto Star
WARS CAUSE DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND CASUALTIES
How long do we have to continue to put up with this? “The drug war gives everybody permission to do anything. It gives cops permission to stop anybody, to go in anyone’s pockets, to manufacture any lie when they get to district court. Probable cause was destroyed by the drug war.” Police “carding” in Toronto is one such result.
Source: Want to fix Baltimore? ‘End the drug war,’ says David Simon – The Washington Post