Is the justice system blind to colour? Jim Rankin and Betsy Powell of the Toronto Star pose this question in an article that is part of the newspaper’s series on Crime and Punishment. The series…
In a situation reminiscent of the Paris riots of 2005, an angry mob took to the streets of Montreal last night, looting stores and attacking emergency services workers after police fatally wounded a teenager on…
Last week the London Free Press shared findings on online gambling by June Cotte, an Associate Professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Cotte interviewed regular gamblers at…
Passengers aboard a greyhound bus, travelling from Edmonton to Winnipeg, were left horrified after witnessing a gruesome attack that left another passenger dead. The victim, a twenty-two year old man, had boarded the bus in…
A Tucson, Arizona pimp has been ordered to repay about $2 million as the proceeds of crime. The pimp, John A. LaVoie, 52, was found guilty of 22 counts of racketeering. LaVoie claimed he was…
This past week, I had the opportunity to check out the Oscar-winning detainee torture documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film was written and directed by Alex Gibney, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in…
Miami-Dade Transit Commissioners are up in arms after the brazen theft of a city transit bus by 18-year-old James Harris. According to the Miami Herald, Harris befriended several transit employees, and managed to obtain a…
Below is a rather ironic screenshot from the front page of the Toronto Star’s website just after the release of a report claiming that my beloved Toronto is the safest metropolitan area in Canada. Note…
(Via Jacob Katz Cogan at International Law Reporter) It’s received almost no coverage in the US, but Representative Howard L. Berman (D-California) has presented a bill to complement the International Court of Justice’s decision in…
Early yesterday morning, the Canadian government, in compliance with court orders, released a video of Omar Khadr’s interrogation by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service agents at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The video, which is the first…
Below is a letter that I have written to Mr. Harper to protest the Canadian government’s treatment of Omar Khadr, one of its citizens. If you are not familiar with the story, you can find…
As part of my series on the Tackling Violent Crime Act, I’d like to discuss the new changes to the drunk driving provisions of the Criminal Code. The need for reform To begin, the extent…
