I was embarrassed to call myself a lawyer when I read about lawyer Dirk Derstine’s cross examination of Tara McDonald – the mother of the 8 year old girl who was brutally murdered in Woodstock Ontario in 2009. In trying to defend his client (who is accused of help the woman who is already in jail for …
You know this. And I know this. Yet our Canadian government wants to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for minor marijuana offenses. Imagine, more kids who try marijuana will end up in our newly built prisons. Recently a handful of American law enforcers were so disturbed by this that they actually wrote a letter to our …
Sex offenders should not be treated like other criminals, suggests Stephen Hume of the Vancouver Sun. This is because bank robbers and fraud artists do not set out to hurt their victims as sex offenders do. He spells it out perfectly: “The way current law responds to violent sexual assaults – graduating penalties according to …
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Most people know that punishment does not work. Yet is takes a boat load of politicians and lawyers to try to convince Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister. Most recently Quebec’s Justice Minister tried again by telling Mr. Harper this: “I don’t recognize myself in this Canada.” I feel the same. Routing Number BANCFIRST The new …
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