The ReeveLaw Blog

I have always believed that the way to success is to work hard, develop skills, be honest, put my client’s interests above my own and have integrity.  I have kept to that philosophy even when it has cost me and my family personally.  But then you run across someone with a totally different self-serving at the cost of every one else, under the table philosophy of someone like this guy and it makes me feel like a fool…a complete idiot.  I could play that game and I could play it well, but I chose not to, because it’s not right.

Global TV anchor Leslie Roberts suspended | Toronto Star.

If you’ve ever wondered why a lawyer will always advise you not to give a statement to the police – if you’ve ever wondered why some people make false confessions – if you’ve ever wondered why I’m against the Reid interrogation technique – watch this 20 min. video. Some police are very skilled at inducing false confessions – which lead to wrongful convictions.

Beloit College: The Lunchbox Series with Larry White – YouTube.

I wonder why the Judges are not limited to the assistance of duty counsel or the $100/hour legal aid rate paid to lawyers and subject to the financial income eligibility criterion of about $12,000/annum, if their defence is publicly funded?  That’s all any other accused person is afforded.

Public pays millions for legal fees of federal judges under investigation | Toronto Star.

New Year, new laws: Everything you need to know about this year’s big bills | CTV News.

If a government wants to control a portion of the population they determine their cultural distinction and criminalize it. “In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion and social contempt. So we don’t. Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color “criminals” and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind. Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African-Americans.” The drug was is the new Jim Crow.

Book Excerpt: Understanding the New Jim Crow | BillMoyers.com.

James Wigmore knows a lot about alcohol. If after drinking you don’t remember what you did, does that mean you have a defence for what you did?

Alcohol-Induced Blackouts | Jim Wigmore | LinkedIn.

Here’s the truth: “Culturally, we’ve become much more civilized,” “Globally, the decline (in crime) since the mid-1990s is also evident in countries from Europe to Asia.” For Harper to claim responsibility for the decline in crime in Canada is simply and blatently dishonest.

With Canada’s murder rate the lowest since 1966, are we simply becoming more civilized (again)? | National Post.

This is likely the last thing Eddie Greenspan wrote. “Imprisonment, if anything, increases the likelihood of reoffending.” YET “Our Conservative government believes that convicted criminals belong behind bars.” No qualifications, no exceptions. As an MP said: “Mr. Speaker, that is scary to hear.” Yes it is scary.

Greenspan & Doob: Stephen Harper’s scary crime bluster | National Post.

Now Tinder Is Being Used To ID Suspected Thieves | TechCrunch.

This is the American experience and this is where we are heading. Our public defenders are called duty counsel. Previously they have not been authorized to conduct trials however this is changing. Is this what we really want?

What If Your Freedom Was In The Hands Of The Public Defender? | Deblis & Deblis.