Second chances…

Sept 30, 2022 Toronto Star - Emilie Coyle, Pamela Cross, Pam Hrick Sealing criminal records of marginalized people will improve many lives - When we use criminal records to determine suitability for jobs, housing and volunteering, we recreate … [Read more...]

Three strikes?

Aug 8, 2017 Toronto Star – Jacques Gallant Ontario’s top court orders third trial in teardrop tattoo murder case In a most unusual move, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a third trial for murder in the “Tear-drop” case for Warren Nigel … [Read more...]

The politics of pot…

 Aug 23, 2014  National Newswatch – Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press Up in smoke: millions spent destroying pot   RCMP and Canada’s military have spent $11 million in the last 8 years on a seek-and-destroy mission for marijuana fields.  Liberal … [Read more...]

Incoherence…

  June 29, 2014  Toronto Star – Edward Greenspon and Anthony Doob Stephen Harper's incoherent approach to crime  Lawyer Greenspon and U of T Professor Doob attempt to find a rationale in the various changes and new laws brought in by Harper under … [Read more...]