Policing…

   Nov. 22, 2014  Globe and Mail – John Lornic New era of policing: Will the benefits of body-worn cameras outweigh the privacy issues?  Calgary is the first Canadian city to introduce body-worn cameras but Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax … [Read more...]

SCC nominees…

   May 27, 2014 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Harper under pressure to review Supreme Court appointment process   Recent documents have revealed that four of six nominees on a short list for the Supreme Court of Canada are ineligible for the … [Read more...]

Truth in Sentencing and the SCC

April 18  Retired Judge Marion Lane Don’t Believe the Headlines: SCOC and the Truth in Sentencing Act   Judge Marion Lane served in the Ontario criminal courts and offers through her blog (mostly on legal matters) an analysis of the recent … [Read more...]

Remand credit…

  April 11  Supreme Court of Canada  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of judicial discretion in the issues of the pre-trial credit to be given for days spent in remand.  The court was responding to federal government changes that … [Read more...]

Treatment, not prison…

 Dec. 21, 2013  Canada.com – Douglas Quan Understanding the Ashley Smith inquest: Before and after the homicide verdict  This report interprets the jury’s ruling of homicide by tracking the development of the story and the inquest.  (Some … [Read more...]