Abandoning justice triage system not advisable
It would be a mistake to scrap the triage policy that directs Alberta prosecutors to abandon lesser criminal cases in favour of more serious files.
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Animal cruelty cases handled by two forces in Alberta
Enforcement officers have more latitude in Alberta when it comes to dealing with animal cruelty cases. “Essentially the Criminal Code protects animals that are either in distress or have been abandoned or wilfully injured by an individual."
Access to breathalyzer logs critical to the defence
“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.
SCC to examine Charter protection in firearms, drug case
A dissenting Ontario Court of Appeal judge may have broken new ground in defining the privacy rights of citizens outside their homes.
