The Dualistic Role of the Media in Wrongful Convictions - Francis Gordon As the criminal courts operate as an environment with incredibly high stakes, inducing tantalising dramatics, it is therefore understanda...
The Fragility of the Human Memory - Annie Strickland Eyewitness identification has been regarded as the leading cause of wrongful convictions but, a mistake in an eyewitness is rarely, if ev...
Michael Pearce and the Reid Technique: Highlighting the Risks of False Confessions - Mason Munoz In January of 2007 Stuart Mark was beaten to death in his home by someone wielding a golf club. On July 15 2007, Michael Pearce was charg...
Moving to an Independent Wrongful Conviction Review Process - Curtis Webster On December 13, 2019, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent an official mandate letter to the Minister of Justice and Attorney Gene...
Genetic Genealogy: Where is Consent? - E. Burgess In October of 2020, Toronto police used a technique to identify 9-year-old Christine Jessop’s killer after thirty-six years. 1 The techni...
R. v. Oghieakhe - V. Dolton This is a recent case out of the Manitoba Provincial Court. The offender in this case, Oghieakhe, has already been found guilty of sexual...
Mandatory Minimums: A Miscarriage of Justice - L Palmer Are mandatory minimum sentences (MMS) benefiting offenders in the Canadian Criminal Justice System (CJS) or are they leading to miscarria...
Let Us Rid our Justice System of a “Stereotypical Offender” Narrative - A. Avril When you hear the term “offender” who do you think of? Is it a man? A woman? Are they part of a racialized minority? Poor? Otherwise vuln...
Under Arrest? - R v Latimer - Katie Rothwell The case of R v Latimer is not your typical murder case; in fact, it is far from it. R v Latimer is a case that made headlines across Can...
The Mens Rea Defence – R. v. Zora - Prachi Sanghavi Background Mens rea is latin for “guilty mind” and in criminal law, refers to the frame of mind an individual was in before committing a ...
