A federal bill amendment that makes payment of victim fine surcharges mandatory will bring further
anguish to the lives of the less fortunate, says Toronto criminal lawyer Jacob Stilman. ...
The Supreme Court of Canada has waded into treacherous waters where the rights of accused persons to make full answer and defence to a criminal charge conflict with their accusers’ rights of freedom ...
A Nova Scotia woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill her abusive husband is free after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a stay of proceedings in her emotional case. ...
The distinction between expressing desires and uttering threats is a fairly subtle one that requires close examination before determining whether an offence has been committed, says criminal lawyer Jacob ...
The impending closure of the Don Jail (also known as the Toronto Jail) represents the end of a significant chapter in the history of criminal law practice in the Toronto area. ...
In keeping with the Conservative Party’s dictum that there is no such thing as too much “tough-on-crime”
legislation, a private member’s bill put forward by a British Columbia Conservative MP oficially ...
Nearly half of Ontario’s jails are overcrowded, a six-year high that sees cells meant for two
people at times hold three or more as the province struggles with a rising tide of inmates who have yet to ...
Recent reports of problems at the Roy McMurtry Youth Centre, while disappointing to those of us who work in the youth criminal justice system, out to come as no real surprise. ...
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