Criminal
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September 23, 2024
Exemptions to abortion bans: More reasons why they don’t work — police reports | Abby Hafer
In my articles of Sept. 12 and Sept.18, I discussed some severe problems with rape exemptions to abortion bans. These included the fact that they effectively punish women for having sex voluntarily as though that is in some way a crime and that they fail to provide access to abortion to those who qualify, since in states with bans abortion clinics all shut down, so those wishing to exercise the rape exemption cannot get an abortion in state anyway.
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September 23, 2024
Alberta Court of Appeal weighs in on neighbours’ fist fight
“That’s what neighbours do; they help each other …” Aaron Jeremschuk started expressing gratitude to his neighbour, Robert Jakubec, who volunteered to help Jeremschuk hang a heavy boxing bag in his garage.
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September 20, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council says guidelines coming for federal judges’ use of AI, social media
As part of their two-day fall meeting in Charlottetown this week, the chief and associate-chief justices of the nation’s superior courts discussed their progress in creating guidelines for federal judges’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) says.
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September 20, 2024
New rules in Nova Scotia represent a ‘minimum practice’ for regulation of policing, academic says
Nova Scotia has outlined new policing standards for police services in the province, brought in as part of its response to recommendations from a commission set up to look into a violent 2020 shooting spree that led to the death of nearly two dozen people.
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September 20, 2024
SENTENCING - Homicide - Second degree murder - Young persons - Adult sentences
Appeal by BJM from his adult sentence imposed on grounds that he should have been sentenced as a young person. BJM was 17 years old when he shot and killed the victim. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder. BJM was initially charged with first degree murder and breach of a firearms prohibition. Prior to the trial, the Crown gave notice it would seek an adult sentence if BJM was convicted of these crimes. At the trial, BJM pleaded guilty to second degree murder based on an agreed statement of facts.
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September 19, 2024
Bar groups, regulators condemn Manitoba NDP’s ouster of lawyer MLA over Nygard connection
The Law Society of Manitoba, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) and Crown and defence bar groups are deploring comments publicly made by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Mike Moyes, chair of the governing NDP caucus, that purported to justify expelling a Winnipeg criminal lawyer from their caucus because he works at a law firm that defends Peter Nygard, a high-profile Manitoban recently convicted of multiple sex crimes.
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September 19, 2024
Security concerns call for stronger immigration screening | Sergio R. Karas
The recent arrests of multiple suspects on terrorism-related charges are a wake-up call for Canada, highlighting an urgent need to overhaul immigration screening processes to safeguard national security and protect the public.
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September 19, 2024
Successful appeal of sex assault sentence parses locations described in s. 161(a) of Code
Some say the rising cost of tickets makes it impossible to enjoy a night at the movies. Lack of finances may be a bar to cinema attendance, but what about a court order restricting one from entering the building?
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September 19, 2024
Harsher sentences: Not what the evidence says | Emily Stewart and David Dorson
Recently in this publication, retired judge Norman Douglas argued that Canada should have harsher penalties for some people who commit particularly heinous crimes, possibly including the death penalty. While appealing to some on an emotional level, Douglas’s argument does not fit the facts.
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September 18, 2024
Canada imposes additional sanctions on Hamas, Iran and radical Israeli settlers
Canada has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals and two entities found to have directly or indirectly participated in the planning and execution of attacks on Israel that began on Oct. 7, 2023, according to a release.