A finding of guilt would be an attack on the autonomy and self-ownership of all young people
Source: A 16-Year-Old Girl Is Facing Child Pornography Charges for Making a Sex Video of Herself
BAD CRIMINAL LAWS – You cannot measure impairment by the level of THC or its metabolites in a body. Period. There is no scientific evidence to support our arbitrary criminal THC driving limit.
The researchers found no statistically significant relationship between testing positive for THC and contributing to accidents.
Source: New Car Crash Study Highlights the Irrationality of DUI Laws Based on THC in Drivers’ Blood
REVENGE PORN – Penalties are increasing as “judges are seeing this harm as extremely impactful”. Think twice first. It’s considered more serious than you think it is.
As technology plays a greater role in “revenge porn” cases, Canadian judges have issued harsher sentences as a deterrent, new research says.
Source: Judges issuing harsher revenge porn sentences in Canada | Law Times
FACEBOOK stores its data on servers in the United States. Can Canadian police access that data by a search warrant issued in Canada?
CAN YOU LEGALLY CHANGE LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION?
Immigration Consequences Of Canadian Criminal Offences – If you are not a Canadian citizen and have been charged with a criminal offence this is a good resource.
There are numerous grounds of inadmissibility contained in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 1 (IRPA). However, this article will focus on the grounds of criminal inadmissibility described in A36. Canada Immigration Dentons 23 May 2019
Source: Immigration Consequences Of Canadian Criminal Offences – Immigration – Canada
An Important Lesson For Law School Graduates: ‘Nobody Really Knows What They’re Doing. Nobody.’ – It’s not that we don’t know anything, it’s more that we don’t know everything. We’re are each very aware of that. Get used to it.
We are all making this up as we go along. You’re not alone.
Source: An Important Lesson For Law School Graduates: ‘Nobody Really Knows What They’re Doing. Nobody.’
OMG! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS INTERVIEW? – Can you count the ways?
Aboriginal People’s Television Network obtains video of officer interviewing a 17-year-old Indigenous teen for over two hours. MMIW expert says the incident is sadly typical
Canada is ranked second highest for cocaine use in the world – Sniff. Sniff.
PARDONS FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION CONVICTIONS – If the law passes, “Applications (for pardons) would be reviewed by administrative staff, and applicants would not have to pay the current application fee of $631.” The article notes interestingly that Canada’s original drug prohibition law of 1923 specifically targeted opium possession, as recreational use was a distinct feature of the immigrant Chinese culture on the west coast. Similarly in the U.S. cannabis possession and recreational use was a distinct feature of the Black and Hispanic cultures. Drug laws have always had a racial root.
When the federal government introduced legislation in March to streamline pardons for simple cannabis possession, Canada’s criminal bar had two reactions.