DLW: The Struggle to Recognize Animal Sentience
Bestiality is arguably one of the most taboo topics in criminal law. So much so that the lack of conversation pertaining to it in criminal courts is more telling than what has been said. The struggle with bestiality became apparent in R v DLW, where the court struggled to make sense of an offence that is rarely explicitly analyzed.
Flipping the Script: How Use of Power by Police in the 1960s Worked Against Them
Led by Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders, a massive campaign was kicked off to spread awareness
The Problem with Prisons
There are few institutions, if any, that inhibit liberty more than prisons. Although they have become deeply ingrained in Canada.
Section 489(2): No Warrant? No Problem!
Section 489(2) in the Criminal Code permits seizures of material without a warrant on two conditions: firstly, that the officer be lawfully present; and secondly, that the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the seized property has been used in or for the commission of an offense.Intuitively this power must be considered specifically with an eye to section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms against unlawful searches and seizures.
UNBELIEVABLE: The Funnel Effect of Rape Attrition in the Criminal Justice System
While perusing Netflix over the past couple months, you may have come across a mini-series called Unbelievable, and its name truly lives up to its premise. Based upon the true story of an American woman pseudonymously known as “Marie”, the show follows the victim of a serial rapist who reported her rape to the police and was both disbelieved and criminally charged with a gross demeanour for false accusation in Lynnwood, Washington.
