Criminal Law Appeals Appeal from conviction or acquittal Act of dragging complainant while asleep and drugged was inconsistent with any sort of consent
IMPAIRED OPERATION OF A CANOE = IMPAIRED OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
It is easy to laugh at the idea of drinking and canoeing. But the Sillars case shows how devastating the consequences of a boating accident can be
Source: In a case that made Canadian legal history, Ontario man convicted of impaired operation of a canoe
GIVE THEM POWER AND THEY WILL ABUSE IT + SPEEDING UP THE COURT SYSTEM – If the government really wanted to speed up the trial process they might start with not passing blatantly unconstitutional criminal laws that clog up the court process with hundreds and thousands of challenge applications which take years to resolve.
A federal law requiring mandatory roadside breathalyzer tests unfairly targets those with health conditions that prevent them from giving a breath sample, according to a criminal defence lawyer.
Source: No protections for asthmatics who can’t provide breathalyzer samples: Lawyer
ABOLISHING PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES – If the government really wanted to speed up the trial process they might start with not passing blatantly unconstitutional criminal laws that clog up the court process with hundreds and thousands of challenge applications which take years to resolve.
A lawyer for Jamie Bacon said she plans to file a Charter challenge of new legislation that prevents both Crown and defence lawyers from rejecting potential jurors without providing a reason. Kimberley Eldred told B.C. Supreme Court Justice
Source: Murder counselling defence to file Charter challenge of new jury rules | The Western Star
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR WEED IS ACTUALLY LEGAL – A PSA.
Bootleggers have begun counterfeiting government cannabis packaging.
Source: Counterfeit Cannabis: How To Tell If Your Canadian Weed is Actually Legal
GIVE THEM POWER AND THEY WILL ABUSE IT – An Ontario court has chided Canada’s border agency over its “serious, long-standing and systemic” practice of abusing its search powers under customs law and acting as an agent of the police for criminal investigation purposes. While the law allows border officials to conduct searches without a warrant, Justice Elaine Deluzio said their power is restricted to customs and immigration enforcement only.
An Ontario court chides border agency over “serious, long-standing and systemic” practice of abusing search powers under the customs law.
Source: Canadian border agency slammed for searching phone without warrant in child porn case
THE ROLE OF PROSECUTOR
“The role of prosecutor excludes any notion of winning or losing; his function is matter of public duty than which in civil life there can be none charged with greater personal responsibility.” R. v. Boucher 1954 SCJ No. 54, Supreme Court of Canada.
IS BEASTIALITY A COMMON PROBLEM IN CANADA? – I was just wondering because, before the summer break, Parliament passed a new law cracking down on animal cruelty that will list those convicted of bestiality on Canada’s national sex offenders registry.
POT POSSESSION PARDONS – The government has now passed a law permitting persons with convictions for simple possession of marijuana to be pardoned without any cost and expedite a process that previously could take up a decade.
TORONTO, June 20- The Canadian government passed a law late on Wednesday that would allow its citizens with a criminal record for marijuana.
Source: Canada passes law to speed pardons for pot possession
SHOULD THERE BE SPECIAL RULES FOR SENTENCING BLACK OFFENDERS LIKE THERE IS FOR INDIGENOUS OFFENDERS? – Social change is always controversial however in a country with a fundamental principle that no-one is above the law and that the law applies equally to all, should there be special rules for disadvantaged minorities? We know what’s next. “What about” refugee groups, LGBTTQQIAAP communities and every other identifiable historically disadvantaged groups?
‘When it comes to black people, the sentencing seems to be consistently void of any consideration of that additional source of disadvantage that they face’