In a recent ruling dismissing a Crown appeal from a conditional sentence imposed for possession of a loaded handgun the Alberta Court of Appeal emphasized that the sentencing regime in the Criminal Code empowers judges with broad discretion to tailor…
RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald identified Jesse Van Rootselaar as the suspected shooter in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia earlier this year. But the identity of the assailant would never be established in a British Columbia court…
Ten years ago the Supreme Court of Canada established presumptive ceilings for unreasonable delay in bringing criminal cases to trial under s. 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But the question – How long is too long?…
They who give up liberty for security deserve neither liberty nor security. 