Province is ‘directly messing with our ability to defend clients’: lawyers protest new Legal Aid ‘guilty plea certificates’
Think about it. The Province owns and administers the court buildings. The Province pays the Judges. The Province pays the Crown Attorneys. The Province funds Legal Aid Ontario. The Province has a huge backlog of criminal cases. A Judge does not have the power to compel the Crown to withdraw any charge, so the Province is prepared to pay a lawyer to help you plead guilty, regardless of financial eligibility, but not for your trial.
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LEGAL AID ONTARIO WILL ISSUE WHAT THE CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION CALLS “GUILTY PLEA CERTIFICATES”
The judicial system is using Judically-Led Intensive Case Managed Courts to deal with the huge pandemic backlog. What’s going to give?
Thought mandatory roadside breath-tests would be unconstitutional? Canadian judges say otherwise.
BEWARE OF POLICE “WELLNESS” CHECKS – “Wellness checks carried out by police have come under scrutiny in the last year. In Canada, a number of people have been killed during wellness checks and mental health calls.”
WHEN THE JUDGE IS NOT IMPARTIAL – You must refer to the victims as rioters and looters. And while we’re at it, you must refer to the accused as the hero.
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CLARE’S LAW IN ALBERTA
“The law allows people living in violent or abusive relationships to fill out an online application asking police to share any violent criminal history of their domestic partners.”
IT TOOK A PANDEMIC – Finally, the Justice system is ditching paper. No more shuffling through piles of paper and losing documents – except virtually.
THE MURDAUGH TALE OF DEATH IN SOUTH CAROLINA – If you’re not aware of this case it is so bizarre and complicated that it will eventually end up on Netflix. “If Alex Murdaugh is campaigning to become the subject of the next big true crime podcast then, to be honest, he’s doing a hell of a job.” After reading the synopsis, you’ll be left wondering.
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