Dec 16, 2015 CBC News – Susana Mas Truth and Reconciliation final report charts path to 'true reconciliation' Justice Murray Sinclair is hoping for a new era in relationship with Canada’s First Nations. In releasing the final … [Read more...]
Consecutive sentences…
March 2, 2014 By
Mar 2, 2014 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Push for consecutive mandatory minimum sentences may run afoul of Criminal Code Consecutive sentences are sentences for multiple convictions that follow each other rather than merge with each … [Read more...]
A tax on broken souls…
December 10, 2013 By
Dec. 10, 2013 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Judges defy order to impose Tories’ victim-services surcharge Describing fines on impoverished defendants as “a tax on broken souls,” there appears to be a growing resistance to the idea … [Read more...]
The inhumane practice of solitary confinement!
April 12, 2013 By
April 12, 2013 Bloomberg Press (US) – Editorial (April 11, 2013) The Inhumane Practice of Solitary Confinement Say the Bloomberg editors: “The use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and detention centers has broken the bounds of … [Read more...]