Post #185 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey Since 1976, when capital punishment was abolished in Canada, everyone convicted of murder automatically gets a life sentence. Most Canadians would be surprised to know that...
Read MorePost #176 980 words; 4 minutes to read This post is drawn from an article in the Sept 4 Toronto Star by Jacques Gallant. The focus is on the excessive numbers of Indigenous and Black people in Canada’s prisons, and...
Read MorePost #175 830 words; 4 minutes to read Voice summary thanks to volunteer Averi Brailey. This post is a slightly edited reprint from one posted in the early days of the 2019 federal election. The election is a time to...
Read MorePost #172 840 words; 4 minutes to read This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey Taking measures to combat human trafficking has become a major cause for federal and provincial governments in Canada...
Read MorePost #166 675 words; 3 minutes to read As readers of this blog know, the bulk of people in provincial jails in Canada – more than 60%, or about 15,000 people on any given day – are held despite not...
Read MorePost #156. This post is 640 words, 3 minutes to read. It is followed by a graphic commentary on the issue produced by the HIV Legal Network. By Victoria Carmichael, JD Candidate at Queen’s Law. Opioid-related overdoses are on the rise....
Read More800 words; 4 minutes to read This blog has had an emphasis on reporting Canadian work on criminal justice issues. Because of the domination of our media – whether news, entertainment or social media – by the United States, many...
Read More850 words; 4 minutes to read The previous post discussed white collar crime generally; this one focuses on Canada. We lack good information about the extent of white collar crime and prosecution in Canada. Still, according to federal Criminal Intelligence...
Read More750 words; about 3 minutes to read Previous posts on this blog have discussed the issue of what counts as a crime. Prof. Melissa Hamilton wrote about how some criminal laws are about whether an action harms another person, but...
Read More900 words; 4 minutes to read Most of us think about ‘criminals’ as being a small subset of the Canadian population – people who are dangerous and need to be punished, locked up or kept away from the rest of...
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