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Mandatory sentences will win top court challenge: Tories
"Canadians believe that the courts have not been tough enough in dealing with gun crime, and this government is determined that we have laws that deal with serious gun crimes," he said, noting both New Democrats and Liberals supported the measures now
Updated: 02/15/2012 02:26A
Tories' tough-on-crime agenda mainly theatre
There was the Tackling Violent Crime Act - its centrepiece, mandatory minimums for people convicted of "serious gun crimes." Tuesday the National Post reported that Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy has gutted that law, finding that a minimum
Updated: 02/15/2012 02:25A
Tories' tough-on-crime agenda mainly theatre
There was the Tackling Violent Crime Act - its centrepiece, mandatory minimums for people convicted of "serious gun crimes." Tuesday the National Post reported that Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy has gutted that law, finding that a minimum
Updated: 02/15/2012 02:25A
Feds hew to common sense save for crime craze
There was the Tackling Violent Crime Act - its centrepiece, mandatory minimums for people convicted of "serious gun crimes." Tuesday the National Post reported that Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy has gutted that law, finding that a minimum
Updated: 02/15/2012 02:18A
Leroy Smickle is no Travis Bickle
But because Mr. Smickle was in possession of a loaded, restricted weapon at the time he was interrupted, he was charged with a gun crime. And thanks to changes to the Criminal Code that the minority Tory government managed to push through Parliament in
Updated: 02/15/2012 01:53A
Landmark case over SA obligations on crimes against humanity
'The decision not to pursue credible evidence of crimes against humanity was taken for political reasons. It ignored SA's clear obligations under both international and domestic law,' said Nicole Fritz, of the SALC. 'The High Court has an opportunity
Updated: 02/15/2012 01:50A
Feds hew to common sense save for bizarre crime fixation
There was the Tackling Violent Crime Act - its centrepiece, mandatory minimums for people convicted of "serious gun crimes." Tuesday the National Post reported that Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy has gutted that law, finding that a minimum
Updated: 02/15/2012 01:22A
Law and Order
Lasers can dazzle or blind pilots, so aiming one at aircraft is a federal crime with a possible 20-year prison term. The FAA receives hundreds of reports from across the country each year because of growing availability of high-powered laser pointers.
Updated: 02/15/2012 01:05A
Immigrants and their legal representation
Due to this overflow of cases, the detention center has been forced to mix non-criminal immigrants with legal immigrants with criminal track records that make them deportable. Meanwhile, as the increasingly antagonistic politics of immigration become
Updated: 02/15/2012 12:36A
Pitts prefers gun bans to the Constitution
He doesn't blame the criminal, which shows his true intent. Mr. Pitts never asks why the current laws prohibiting the criminal acts he listed are not enforced. Rather, he claims the lack of laws is allowing criminals to procure guns.
Updated: 02/15/2012 12:34A
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