Cheyenne Sharma was a 23-year-old single mother living in poverty at the time of her crime
Source: Judge strikes mandatory minimum sentence in drug case involving Indigenous woman | National Post
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Cheyenne Sharma was a 23-year-old single mother living in poverty at the time of her crime
Source: Judge strikes mandatory minimum sentence in drug case involving Indigenous woman | National Post
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of the Attorney General has announced that a fixed-price contract has been awarded to EllisDon Infrastructure to build the new 17-storey Ontario Court of Justice Toronto.
Source: Ontario Court of Justice Ready To Go Behind Toronto City Hall | Urban Toronto
Guest blogger Garry Rodgers, former Royal Canadian sex crimes investigator, shares his perspective as to why many women still won’t report sexual abuse. He speaks about sexual abuse disclosures from his professional and personal experience. Don’t miss this incredibly informative and thought-provoking post!
Source: The Powerful Truth: Why So Many Women Won’t Report Sexual Abuse by @GarryRodgers1 – Rachel Thompson
The evidence in particularly brutal trials can leave jurors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. But in many jurisdictions across the country, jurors are simply thanked and dismissed after the verdict with little or no support to cope with what they witnessed.
Ontario compensates jury duty far less generously than other provinces. As a result, many prospective jurors simply ask to be excused — an outcome that experts say makes justice less representative of the community.
In Canada, jurors are prohibited by law from making any public comment about their deliberations or reasons for a verdict. But is it time to change the law and allow jurors to speak?
Source: It’s time to let Canadian jurors speak freely about their verdicts, experts say – Canada – CBC News
Drug-impaired driving is already an offence in Canada but the new legislation creates a legal limit for THC levels and allows the use of roadside screening devices
TORONTO — A key accusation which cost Patrick Brown the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party – that he plied an underage high school girl with booze – is not true, CTV News now acknowledges.
Source: Key accusation against Patrick Brown false, CTV now admits