July 14, 2023 – Safe in community… Amnesty International (Canada) END VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN & 2SLGBTQIA+ LAND AND WATER DEFENDERS IN Canada Amnesty International is trying to co-op petitioners and advocates to call … [Read more...]
Automatism…
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May 16, 2022 CBC News – Meghan Grant Supreme Court rules extreme intoxication defence available for violent crimes in Alberta, Ontario decisions - Judges call for clarifying law around extreme intoxication defence in cases of violent crime This … [Read more...]
Military justice slow and costly…
January 11, 2018 by
Jan 11, 2018 CTV News Report obtained by CTV News shows lack of confidence in military justice system An as yet unpublished but interim study of the Canadian military justice system insists that there is widespread lack of confidence in the … [Read more...]
Alternatives…
September 27, 2017 by
Sept 27, 2017 Fordham Law News (US) – John Pfaff A Better Approach to Violent Crime Pfaff begins his commentary with the frightful enumeration of the current mass incarceration circumstances. The US imprisonment rate is 370% higher than the UK … [Read more...]
Cost of violent crime…
March 4, 2014 by
Mar 4, 2014 CTV News Cost of violent crimes topped $12 billion in 2009: Justice Canada study Justice Canada has examined five different violent crimes in 2009 in this latest study on the cost of violence. The study excluded spousal … [Read more...]