Criminal Law






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Law School: A Fate Worse than Jail?

Last week a 28-year-old man stole two computer batteries from a Florida Staples, then returned to the store, reported his crime to the store manager and demanded that police be called. He told employees that…


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The End of 2-for-1 Credit & the Fallacy of ‘Getting Tough’

The March 8th 2010 issue of Maclean’s, “Canada’s magazine”, has this to say about the Conservative government’s elimination of two-for-one credit for pre-sentence custody: Do the time “It seems like a no-brainer: convicted criminals shouldn’t…