LAW SCHOOLS (NOT LAW SOCIETIES) ARE THE GATEKEEPERS OF WHO BECOMES A LAWYER – And it’s a narrow path. http://www.slaw.ca/2022/10/13/the-law-school-gatekeepers/
JOE BIDEN PARDONS ALL FEDERAL SIMPLE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS CONVICTIONS – How can the U.S., where it’s not even legal, do this and we don’t? https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/10/06/biden-pardons-thousands-for-simple-possession-of-marijuana.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_148325
OUR BAIL SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN – Stop saying it is. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/opinion-criminal-lawyer-on-bc-bail-system
THREE MORE ASSISTANT CROWN ATTORNEYS APPOINTED JUDGES OF THE ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1002353/new-judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice
HERE WE GO AGAIN – Harper’s sex workers laws fail to protect sex workers. It was obvious from the beginning. https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/10/03/sex-workers-challenging-criminal-laws-in-court-citing-charter-violation.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_147768
IF YOU WANT TO STOP IMPAIRED DRIVING require every new motor vehicle to be equipped at the factory with an ignition interlock device. It’s not complicated if there is the will to do so. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/combating-drunk-driving-ntsb-recommends-devices-to-be-installed-in-new-cars
Following the cult “QAnon Queen of Canada,” Romana Didulo has many negative consequences. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d35qx/qanon-romana-didulo-money-scams?utm_source=email&utm_medium=editorial&utm_content=news&utm_campaign=220924
FINALLY AND THANK GOODNESS. 20 more mandatory minimum sentences bite the dust. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/09/21/justice-minister-urges-senators-to-pass-liberal-mandatory-minimums-bill/
THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL – Incarceration is an archaic cruel last resort that does not reduce recidivism. https://ccla.org/criminal-justice/no-longer-prison-sentences-do-not-reduce-crime/
DID YOU KNOW THIS? Honestly, I didn’t. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-is-it-legal-to-cross-a-solid-double-line-to-pass-a-car/?utm_campaign=sophi-pop&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2xw62MKyOpv9GLXWwoTTAbt1KD9SmzdacWilNjs1g0LF6GJxgyzrvR3S0
