Criminal Defence Law Blog
Police perjury is rampant. “The Star found 28 cases since 2005 that involved a total of 34 Toronto officers determined by judges to have misled the court.” Police policy seems to be to just blow it off. “Toronto police spokesperson Mark Pugash equated the language used by judges in the cases reviewed by the Star to “throwaway comments unsupported by evidence.” ” Carry on.
Police who lie: How officers thwart justice with false testimony | Toronto Star.
There are NO criminal consequences for police officers who fabricate evidence and commit the criminal offence of perjury during criminal trials. They are law ENFORCEMENT officers but seem to have no trouble making up stuff, lying and perverting the course of justice … and nobody seems to care. Carry on.
Toronto police officer rebuked by judge for fabricating evidence | Toronto Star.
My advice is always the same – NEVER EVER give a statement to the police or submit to a polygraph test. Police train in interrogation techniques that include lying, coercion, persuasion and minimization which induce false confessions. A study has shown that whenever a confession was involved, every juror voted guilty, regardless of alibis and fingerprint evidence. We need judicial rules “requiring the videotaping of all interrogations, setting time limits on interviews, and making it illegal to lie to a suspect.”
Pet peeve: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” I don’t think this means what you’ve always thought it means.
Twisted authoritarian mentality: keeping your private personal confidential information private allows you to hold yourself beyond the law. It’s like police requiring you to keep the front door of your house unlocked and open in case they want to come in and search it without a warrant. It’s one good reason to consider Apple or Android for your next phone.
FBI Director James Comey: Apple, Android Phones’ Security Measures Risk Lives.
When you define a human being as we do in s. 223 of our criminal code as a child who has “completely proceeded, in a living state, from the body of its mother”, it has certain consequences. One such result is that “any woman can destroy her near-term or term fetus and can induce an abortion accordingly and do what she will with the remains without risking any criminal sanctions.”
Former GTA stripper acquitted of concealing dead baby’s body | Toronto Star.
What it takes to get shot by police in the States: 1 being black 2 shopping at Walmart.
Cops Escape Charges For Killing Walmart Shopper Holding A BB Gun Sold At The Store | ThinkProgress.
What it takes to get shot by police in the States: 1 being black 2 possible driving violation 3 obeying police orders.
Video Shows South Carolina Cop Shooting Black Man Without Any Apparent Provocation | ThinkProgress.
A little bit of power, unrestrained … is a violent and ugly thing. These days we have video in our defence. Every interaction with police should be on video.
NYPD Officer Allegedly Caught On Video Throwing Pregnant Woman To the Ground | Mother Jones.
We have a saying that bad cases make bad law. “When judges stretch the law to accommodate the needs of individual cases they risk creating precedents that are not what anyone intended.” On the other hand, unyielding laws require unyielding decisions. This is why we advocate against zero tolerance laws without a relief valve for the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases.