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This article was written to review three cases in the area of criminal law and to bring reflection to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I

Author: J McRae Where the Crown has employed the use of a civilian agent to procure evidence from a criminal enterprise that agent’s credibility becomes integral to the credibility of any evidence they procure. This is especially true when the agent has some aspect of their person, such as a criminal history, which might indicate some level of untrustworthiness. In this case the civilian agent is the sole source of the evidence produced against the appellant, and the agent’s

As citizens, being able to partake in a society requires a shared responsibility. That responsibility is divvied up not only between oneself and other citizens, but also it varies to standards, degrees and expectations when it comes to how rules and law as of that shared responsibility, that shared context, manifest in everyday life.

Like the tock to a metronome’s tick, the rights of the accused are to serve as a balance, a counterweight, a complement to the rights and permissions of the Crown (or state). Nowhere is this more necessary than in the arena of criminal law. This idea is fleshed out in the case of R v Rafilovich 2019 SCC 51. A brief overview of the facts is helpful to set the stage, but it’s not necessary to dive in in full for the issue at hand.

Emojis, also known as the small picture-like icons used in online communications, revolutionized digital speech and enhanced text-based conversations with visual depictions.Ranging from smiley faces to weather, food, sports, symbols, and flags, nowadays there is practically an emoji for everything. Originally created in late 90s for Japanese mobile phones, emoji started gaining popularity in North America in the 2010s after being added to popular cell phone and computer opera