The fight for equal justice

By: Pulat Yunusov · August 4, 2009 · Filed Under Civil Rights, Criminal Law · Add Comment 

We wrote about the growing legal aid boycott before. A couple of days ago, crown prosecutors supported the protest. Hugh Locke, a retired judge and current member of Toronto’s police services board, weighed in too recently. The former Superior Court judge condemned the Ontario government for withering the legal aid system.

Ontario could use a dedicated constitutional rights’ organization like the Constitution Project in the US. It published an in-depth report [PDF, 3.5 Mb] on the public defender system failings in April. A similar inquiry could be a good step forward for this province.

See also: Report Calls Out Flaws In Public Defender System

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