R v Beaver: A “Fresh Start” for Police, Grave Endings for Charter Protection- exclusion of evidence
R v Beaver (Beaver) was a complicated case involving multiple accused, several Charter breaches, and numerous legal issues.
R v Webbe-Wong: A Reminder of the Frailties of Cross-Racial Identification Evidence
J. Papoff On its own merits, eyewitness evidence is problematic and poses challenges to the truth-finding function of Canada’s legal...
Simultaneously Solving Crime and Poor Mental Health - Looking for a solution…
J. Shymko In failing to provide sufficient mental health training, law enforcement turns a blind eye to the importance of...
Criminalized Queerness in the 1970s & 1980s, and the Interpretation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (part 2)
Lizzie Tough This is the second part of the blog series Decriminalizing Queerness and will focus on the police and criminal justice...
R v Sanderson – A Miscarriage of Justice?
By D Wark Rules governing the use of evidence are critical components to ensuring the credibility and fairness of the trial process. In...
