Criminal Law

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Breaking news: Michael Bryant arrested

Ex-Ontario AG Bryant held Former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant has been arrested after a cyclist was killed last night while hanging on to a fleeing car, police sources say. The crash occurred on Bloor…


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Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Cop corruption case revived Today the dramatic and costly case against the Toronto drug squad officers see-saws yet again when prosecutors try to revive charges thrown out by a judge in 2008. The charges were…


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Tattoo as evidence of murder

Telltale teardrop quashes acquittal Ontario Superior Court Justice Todd Archibald should not have barred testimony from a gang expert and three Malvern Crew members that could have bolstered the Crown’s case that Abbey had a…



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Crime or trifle?

Mother of baby left in car faces charges “She was so calm, so indifferent to what I was saying to her, it didn’t seem to have any impact on her,” Landreville said. “I wanted somebody…


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Death by procedure

US judge ‘ignored death row plea’ The prisoner, Michael Wayne Richard, was put to death hours after she allegedly shut the court, despite being told an appeal was imminent.


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Dragged out trial loses a judge

Judge steps down in B.C. corruption trial Judge Elizabeth Bennett is stepping down as the trial judge in the long-running political corruption trial involving former executive assistants to provincial Liberal cabinet ministers.



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Hypnosis evidence and murder

Man admits committing 1992 murder A former Canada Post supervisor admitted today to the 1992 killing of his girlfriend, two years after the Supreme Court of Canada threw out his conviction in a landmark decision because…



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Update on Tori Stafford case

Accused in Tori Stafford murder in court Her lawyer, Jeanine Leroy, says there is a “substantial amount of evidence” to review before the case goes any further.


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No bail for Conrad Black

Lord Black fails in bid for bail Disgraced peer Lord Conrad Black will remain in jail pending an appeal over his fraud conviction, the US Supreme Court has ruled.