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Does Canada punish murder too harshly?
A brutal murder. A Charter challenge. An in-depth feature on the crime and punishment of first-degree murder: B.C.'s top court weighs the revival of the faint hope clause.
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Judges on the Supreme Court of Canada are saying yes to more cases this year than they have in almost a decade: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Feature work last Oct on bail reform, a finalist today for a B.C. journalism award: a brutal murder, politics, Supreme Court rulings, data analysis, an innocent man jailed for two years, and more.
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Supreme Court rejects strict deadlines during criminal sentencing
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The Charter's 11b: an analysis of what appear to be big changes percolating on unreasonable delay, from Parliament Hill to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Ontario judge grants injunction in constitutional case against cash bail. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Ontario court considers injunction in challenge against province's cash bail rules. Decision on whether to put new rules on hold set for early next week after a hearing yesterday. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Court challenge, set for Thursday morning in Toronto, seeks to halt Ontario's new cash bail rules - a system that revives one that had been mostly ended in the early 1970s:
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Obit on the legendary lawyer Marlys Edwardh, from the legendary justice reporter Kirk Makin, in @globeandmail. Every word a delight, a life well lived in a story superbly told. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Lawyers challenge review process for allegations against judges, in @globeandmail:
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.... Richard Wagner was 18 when he watched his father’s dreams collapse in defeat ....
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A detailed & revelatory feature profile on the Chief Justice of Canada's Supreme Court at a crux moment: the pending landmark Bill 21 judgment. In @globeandmail.
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Sean Fraser’s political comeback and the tough-on-crime federal Liberals, in @globeandmail : theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Deadly shooting at Toronto festival sparks demands for solutions, in @globeandmail. The city’s police chief and deputy mayor call for stricter punishments; experts argue such a move would not be supported by evidence.
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Supreme Court upholds Harper-era mandatory minimum for a sex crime against minors. Not the first time a Harper law survived at the SCC but interesting for sure, as is Chief Justice Richard Wagner in a legal debate that spans back 11yrs. In @globeandmail: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Three weeks ago, down 1-0, halftime. Ismaël Koné leaned back. “Yeah, I know we want to be positive and everything,” he told his teammates, “but we’re .... ”
How Canada scrapped its way into the final 16 countries at the World Cup, in @globeandmail:
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a proud institutionalist, a Prairie sensibility (practical yet creative) & reasonably useful in a snowstorm: Glenn Joyal, the Supreme Court of Canada's newest judge.
Asked by a MP of his "judicial ideology" he said ....
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Manon Savard went to McGill thinking she'd become an accountant. On Tues, at 65, the Chief Justice of Quebec steps down as the province's top judge but isn't yet retiring. She redoubles her call for more justice funding & recalls her work on Bill 21: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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The inside story of the expert medical team that got Ismaël Koné back on his feet, featuring Greg Bay & numerous others. It's also a story of Vancouver, a hub of innovative sports science, a city built around the outdoors.
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Chief Justice Glenn Joyal's long road to the Supreme Court of Canada - with lots of details, his speeches, and interviews with two provincial chief justices, in @globeandmail: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Carney nominates Manitoba’s Glenn Joyal to Supreme Court, initial details in @globeandmail: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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