Ban on conditional sentences for some offences unconstitutional, court rules – This is a fresh breeze blowing away the Harper cobwebs.
“”crime” is not an especially useful way of talking about social harms” – It won’t be good for business but it will be much better for society.
PLEASE CUT YOUR LAWN RESPONSIBLY – Yes, a riding lawnmower is a “conveyance” which you shouldn’t normally be taking on the road anyway. And yes, an e-bike is also a “conveyance”. So is a canoe.
“PROACTIVELY ARRESTING PEOPLE” and “RANDOM DETAINMENT’ are NOT policies that we ever want to hear.
Drug Overdoses Kill More People In West Virginia Than COVID-19 – Well, it is West Virginia after all, but the message is the same. Let’s stop punishing it and start treating it.
VicPD does not support arbitrary stops – This is a police chief with an enlightened attitude.
PSA – You may wish to reconsider where you put your car key fobs from now on.
Maybe in a faraday box/bag. https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=faraday+bag+for+keyfobs&crid=I6SD3MVZNVS&sprefix=faraday%2Caps%2C150&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_7
https://www.680news.com/2020/07/14/toronto-northeast-vehicle-electronic-thefts/
The Vanishing Trial: The Era of Courtroom Performers and the Perils of Its Passing – What makes a good trial lawyer?
LAW & ORDER – WHERE DID THE CONCEPT OF POLICING COME FROM?
A long read but some clear insights into how policing came to be what it is today. “Johnson’s Great Society essentially ended when he asked Congress to pass the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, which had the effect of diverting money from social programs to policing. This magazine called it “a piece of demagoguery devised out of malevolence and enacted in hysteria.” So “defund the police” is call to return to the day when America was great – when it valued social programs over punishment and control.
