Feb. 5, 2018 MacLean’s – Anthony M. Davis Where criminology students study side-by-side with prisoners Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) (BC) has been engaged in a novel approach to corrections since 2011 called Inside-Out Prisoner Exchange … [Read more...]
Absurdly punitive…
May 16, 2016 by
May 16, 2016 Toronto Star – Editorial (May 13, 2016) Undo Harper’s punitive pardon policy As the Liberal government begins an assessment of the changes brought under the Conservative tough-on-crime laws, issues involved the practices around … [Read more...]
Waiting…
August 15, 2015 by
Aug. 15, 2015 (Ed note: We have eleven weeks of political announcements and attention seeking stunts for proposed new policies, all meant to shout down the other. Few of these announcements will ever reach to the authentically human impact of … [Read more...]
Victims’ rights…
January 7, 2014 by
Jan. 7, 2013 Canadian Law Times Defence counsel brace for victims rights bill Anticipating the introduction of the victims’ rights bill in the 2014 session of parliament, defence lawyers say that the legislation give the prosecution … [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...]