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Yesterday, Robert Bauman, the chief justice of the BC Supreme Court, ruled that Canada's law against polygamy is a reasonable limit on the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. The Toronto Star's editorial board sides with Bauman's "eminently
Updated: 11/25/2011 01:59P
The imperative of democratic law-enforcement
Criminal law enforcement has not, unfortunately, reflected the emerging citizen-state relationship that ought to have taken shape in post independence times. Enforcement practices reflect a feudal colonial model that is structurally incapable of
Updated: 11/25/2011 01:04P
Dead drunk: why tougher impaired laws are needed in Alberta
Because nobody actually keeps this statistic, the estimate is my own, based on Alberta government traffic accident statistics, evidence from the 2009 parliamentary committee on impaired driving, MADD Canada and the Traffic Injury Research Foundation.
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:44P
Treatment, Not Jail, For Low Level Drug Crimes
If we can get them direct into a treatment plan without bringing the criminal justice system in, we save money that can then be applied to the treatment side. We've had great success with drug court in this area, and this is a way of simply removing
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:36P
Ga. considers vast justice reform
The changes recommended by the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform range from big-ticket items to low-hanging fruit that would require tweaks to current law. If lawmakers do nothing to change sentencing rules, the state will have to pump another
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:20P
Ga. to consider vast changes to justice system
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are poised to consider substantial changes to the state's criminal justice system that could reshape the way courts are run and offenders are sentenced. The effort has the backing of Gov.
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:38A
CBS Atlanta 46Ga. to consider vast changes to justice system
AP ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers are poised to consider substantial changes to the state's criminal justice system that could reshape the way courts are run and offenders are sentenced. The effort has the backing of Gov.
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:36A
Tory MP Demands CBC Reveal Expenses to House
Kate Heartfield of the Ottawa Citizen wonders why we need a polygamy law at all, considering that there are enough other crimes documented in Bountiful for the Crown to sink its teeth into. "This is a question of criminal law, not social policy," says
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:36A
Tory MP Demands CBC Reveal Expenses
Kate Heartfield of the Ottawa Citizen wonders why we need a polygamy law at all, considering that there are enough other crimes documented in Bountiful for the Crown to sink its teeth into. "This is a question of criminal law, not social policy," says
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:36A
Mexican group asks ICC to probe president, officials
Going after Mexicans for the war on drugs falls outside that comfort zone." Activists claim that Calderon has systematically allowed Mexican troops to commit abuses against the civilian population since the military was deployed to fight Mexican drug
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:24A
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