The ReeveLaw Blog

WHICH JORDAN LIMIT APPLIES?

Which of the JORDAN presumptive ceilings of unreasonable delay is applicable is not determined by whether it is a one-step or two-step proceedings but simply by whether the trial proceeds in the Ontario Court or the Superior Court.

http://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2019/2019ONCA0600.pdf

NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE (NCR) – If you don’t understand this defence, you’re apparently not alone. Here’s a pretty good straight forward explanation.

Not everyone understands the concept of ‘not criminally responsible,’ and unfortunately that includes the premier of Ontario

Source: Opinion | Doug Ford should get facts straight on ‘not criminally responsible’

Ontario judge strikes down mandatory minimum sentence for first-time impaired driving in case of Indigenous woman – this opens up a few cans of worms.

‘Given the widespread discrimination against Aboriginal people, the imposition of a criminal record … would only add to the challenges an Aboriginal person faces’

Source: Ontario judge strikes down mandatory minimum sentence for first-time impaired driving in case of Indigenous woman

This is getting silly. Reality dictates that the government compete with a free market. They have failed miserably. Arresting people for supplying a legal market is an admission of failure.

Source: Illegal cannabis store now selling weed on street outside shuttered Toronto stores

ALCOHOL IS A UNIQUE SUBSTANCE in that it is well studied and the results of consumption are very predictable. Other drugs are not the same in that every drug affects every person differently. We can’t equate the effects of marijuana consumption with the effects of alcohol consumption on driving impairment. The underlying assumptions are not valid. They are not the same.

Source: A Majority of Consumers Don’t Think Cannabis Impairs Their Driving

IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE a soft on crime approach?

Source: Nova Scotia to divert more criminal cases to restorative justice system | Philippine Canadian Inquirer

No officer, I don’t have any cocaine under my obviously oversized wig. Why do you ask?

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/man-arrested-after-trying-to-smuggle-44k-of-cocaine-under-toupee/ar-AAEq2IA?ocid=ob-fb-enca-1553261078894&fbclid=IwAR32Ww0OcHybzOQAiHurmWbvAK_Vlp1m3GVi6hpCL6E93cwyHN4lxw7pBjg

a man wearing a hat: A man was detained at Barcelona airport in Spain after authorities noticed his oversized toupee, which concealed a packet of cocaine.

Atlantic Canada has an enviable problem: its youth jails are emptying out. – “The decline in numbers began slowly back in 2003 when the Youth Criminal Justice Act came into force. A 2014 report by Statistics Canada says between 2000 and 2014, the youth crime rate dropped by 42 percent.” Funds are able to be reallocated to community services.

Source: Atlantic Canada has an enviable problem: its youth jails are emptying out | CBC News

GENETIC GENEALOGY – also known as a familial search. Police now search the private databases you have submitted your DNA spit-kit too. The catch is that you don’t have to submit your own DNA. You could be a match if any relative of yours has submitted theirs. This is the new front line of privacy protection.

The trial of William Earl Talbott II hinged on a lead from a genealogy site. The verdict will shape the future of crime-fighting and genetic privacy.

Source: Man Found Guilty in a Murder Mystery Cracked By Cousins’ DNA

Teen who killed two men claims cannabis does not impair driving, tells judge to ‘Google it’ – WHAT?

The 18-year-old has been spared jail time for the deadly incident, receiving only a community service order

Source: Teen who killed two men claims cannabis does not impair driving, tells judge to ‘Google it’