There’s been lots of discussion of an amnesty for people with marijuana convictions. But its would be harder than it sounds to do in practice. Here’s why.
Source: Why a Canadian marijuana possession amnesty is harder to implement than it sounds
CUSTOMS PRE-CLEARANCE – If you’re planning on travelling to the U.S. you should be aware of the extensive powers given to the U.S. Pre-clearance Officers. You must answer all questions and answer them truthfully and cannot withdraw without a good reason. Be aware and beware.
BEST ROAD RAGE EVER
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES should be an eventual solution to the problem of drinking and driving.
The automaker also stressed that the fully autonomous vehicle would emphasize safety.
Source: GM just revealed a fully autonomous electric car — and it doesn’t have a steering wheel
ANTICIPATING CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL LAW – “Well into the second half of its mandate, the Trudeau government has a lot of work left to do.”
JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION – is obviously needed. Participate here. You may learn some things about the justice system you did not know.
Source: Justice Transformation
DECRIMINALIZATION OF DRUNK DRIVING – It’s not a bad idea but it has some issues, such as innocence and the need of proof.
Changes are coming to the way drunk drivers are policed and prosecuted in Alberta with the provincial government set to issue a directive to police that will largely decriminalize impaired driving, CBC News has learned.
Source: Drunk driving to be largely decriminalized in Alberta in 2018 – Calgary – CBC News
When a drugs bust goes wrong on the open ocean…it can go very, very wrong.
THE REID INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE- The S.C.C. described it as a “shoddy police practice … shown to be coercive and to produce false confessions.” It has resulted in a large number of false confessions and wrongful convictions. The technique is briefly laid out here.
With judicial commentary on the problematic aspects of the Reid interrogation technique going into its second decade, one may wonder why police services continue to use such questionable methods, Hamilton criminal lawyer Jeffrey Manishen tells Law Times.
Source: Judicial criticism of the Reid interrogation: a call for change
ARE TEXT MESSAGES CONFIDENTIAL?
When you send a text message do you still maintain a privacy interest in the received text? It depends. “The subject matter is not the copy of the message stored on the sender’s device, the copy stored on a service provider’s server, or the copy received on the recipient’s device that the police are after; it is the electronic conversation itself, not its components. Even where an individual does not have exclusive control over his or her personal information, only shared control, he or she may yet reasonably expect that information to remain safe from state scrutiny.”
Source: CanLII – 2017 SCC 59 (CanLII)