Refusing to accept a plea bargain for a bank teller who provided intelligence for robbers, including her boyfriend, was an error, Alberta’s top court ruled Thursday in reducing her sentence.
A former bank teller who helped her boyfriend and his friends rob a Bank of Montreal at gunpoint will be released from jail today after having her sentence reduced to an "arguably lenient" six months in jail by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Refusing to accept a plea bargain for a bank teller who provided intelligence for robbers, including her boyfriend, was an error, Alberta’s top court ruled Thursday in reducing her sentence.
The leadership of III% Canada is changing, and the new commander wants to nationalize training and bring the group to a level of organization experts say is “unheard of” in Canada.
Calgary defence lawyer Greg Dunn speaks about Calgary's increase of violent crimes and the citizens Calgary becoming more and more dissatisfied with police.
Calgary police say they're ready to spot and arrest drivers who are high behind the wheel. They've trained 30 Drug Recognition Experts -- or "D-R-E's" -- to spot drug-impaired drivers.
“We live in an era in which the criminal justice system place enormous faith in the accuracy and appropriate functions of these instruments,” says Dunn.
A dissenting Ontario Court of Appeal judge may have broken new ground in defining the privacy rights of citizens outside their homes.
“If we don't have deference afforded to counsel in bringing joint submissions before the court, then you undermine the purpose of joint submissions, which is certainty.”
