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 report of the … [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 other. … [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 of making … [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 reason and … [Read more...]