Feb 13, 2015 Globe and Mail – Ed Broadbent and Roy Romanov Parliament must reject the anti-terror bill “The Harper government has been effective in piling up our security anxieties. But actual material and strategic support for pursuing … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
More jail?
February 11, 2015 by
Feb 12, 2015 Law Times (Canada) – Matthew Gourlay A Criminal Mind: Time for a constructive look at bail controversies This article looks first at the legal rational sometimes used to refuse bail and then more specifically at the case of Shawn … [Read more...]
Fear politics…
February 9, 2015 by
Feb 8, 2015 Hill Times-on-line – Mark Burgess PM Harper ratchets up ‘secure in our homes’ anti-terrorism rhetoric as a wedge issue The article reviews the issues and the concerns of Canadians with the strategy of the political parties. … [Read more...]
15 days max…
February 6, 2015 by
Feb 6, 2015 The Coast (Halifax) – Jacob Boon Five years of solitude -The use of segregation in NS prisons numbers in the thousands. The article looks at the use of solitary in Nova Scotia’s four provincial prisons and records no fewer than … [Read more...]
The Doers and Watchers…
February 5, 2015 by
Feb 5, 2015 Church Council on Justice and Corrections and Circles of Support and Accountability Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA): An Effective Approach to Community Safety The government funding of the CoSA programs stops the … [Read more...]
Bending, but not far…
February 4, 2015 by
Feb 5, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Ottawa to delay parole eligibility for convicted killers The federal government appears to have second thoughts about a sentence of life without parole but continues to embrace retro solutions, to a … [Read more...]
Oversight…
February 3, 2015 by
Feb 3, 2015 (Ed note: Marion Lane’s blog in the last communiqué made reference to an editorial in the Globe and Mail without specifying the date of the editorial. It was, in fact published Dec. 29, 2014, in the context of the Bill Cosby and … [Read more...]
From the bench…
February 1, 2015 by
Feb 1, 2015 Review from the Bench – Blogger Marion Lane Sexual Assault and the Criminal Courts: A Response to the Globe and Mail Editorial Lane is a retired criminal court judge who raises the alarm bell on the approach of an editorial in … [Read more...]