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Infanticide upheld as defence for moms
"Treating infanticide as a partial defence to murder is consistent with the distinction drawn between infanticide and murder by Parliament," wrote Ontario Justice David Doherty in the ruling. "It allows juries to draw that distinction in cases where
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:28A
Ontario's top court upholds infanticide as defence
"It is not for the court to decide whether that partial defence reflects sound criminal-law policy or should be reconsidered in light of advancements in medical knowledge and/or changed social circumstances," he wrote. "Those are matters for Parliament
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:24A
Enquiry and Old McDonald's Farm
The lawyers employed at this enquiry are ones who have made their names by practising criminal law. While today most of Jamaica's lawyers are women, it somehow remains true that the best criminal lawyers anywhere in the world are usually men.
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:17A
Syarhei Atroshchankau: Verdict was not made in court
The three men were found guilty in taking part in mass riot (part 2 of article 293 of the Criminal Code). Mauchanau was also found guilty in desecration of state symbols (article 370 of the Criminal Code). The judge only dismissed charges with armed
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:12A
Is there a cocaine culture at the criminal bar?
He adds that criminal law "seems to attract the stoner-types you knew at uni, maybe because the workloads are less than in commercial law". A couple of other lawyers, also speaking off the record, referenced a "notorious coke head" criminal barrister
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:09A
Court affirms infanticide as defence
"It is not for the court to decide whether that partial defence reflects sound criminal law policy or should be reconsidered in light of advancements in medical knowledge and/or changed social circumstances," he wrote.
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:07A
Court finds infanticide conviction allowable
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling is the first time a Canadian appellate court has examined in detail provisions in the Criminal Code that have long caused uncertainty, the court said. The court was asked to consider the law in a case of a woman
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:07A
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"We believe these violent crimes are such violations of personal safety that they warrant special consideration under federal criminal law," provincial Justice Minister Andrew Swan said in a statement Wednesday. Swan's request comes in the wake of the
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:07A
Murder defence upheld
"It is not for the court to decide whether that partial defence reflects sound criminal law policy or should be reconsidered in light of advancements in medical knowledge and/or changed social circumstances," he wrote."Those are matters for Parliament.
Updated: 03/03/2011 05:03A
Carjackings, home invasions eyed
Justice Minister Andrew Swan said Wednesday he will press the point with his federal counterpart, Rob Nicholson, when he meets with him a week today. "We want to make sure that there is appropriate sentencing for those kinds of cases, because both
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:21A
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