Institutions of Punishment and Criminal “Debt” – Lewis Waring
Courts often sentence criminals in reference to his or her “debt to society”. Indeed, legal systems of all kind work to repay debts, to...
Appellate Intervention Warranted where the Majority Disagrees with the Sentencing Judge - Anonymous
R v Friesen (“Friesen”) was one of the most impactful decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada (“the Court”) in 2020. Friesen changed and...
Revisiting the Constitutionality of s 229 of The Highway Traffic Act - Anonymous
Statutory presumptions and reverse onuses are oft challenged issues in the realm of the intersection of criminal law and the Charter....
Consistency & Clarification: The Solution to the Misapplication of the Plain View Doctrine - B Macht
Author: Brittney Macht, JD Candidate, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law The plain view doctrine has been used by police forces in...
Sentencing for Sexual Offences Involving Youth - Breanna Sheppard
Sentencing for sexual offences is a complicated area and not just because of the factors considered in the sentencing of sexual offences,...
