Criminal Law


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The polygamy battle goes on

B.C. pops the question: Is polygamy a crime? Dirk Meissner writes: Canadians and the justice system need clarity on whether polygamy is a crime, British Columbia’s attorney general said Thursday in announcing he will ask…


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Why did Polanski flee?

Polanski may choose to go to U.S. Elizabeth Pineau writes: Film director Roman Polanski, now in Swiss detention, may decide to face justice in the United States, where he is wanted on a 1977 sex…



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Tough-on-crime legislation targets big fraudsters

White-collar criminals face new sentences Campbell Clark writes for the Globe and Mail: The federal government will legislate two-year minimum sentences for big-money frauds of more than $1-million, seeking to assuage an outcry over a…



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Corruption

Montreal Mafia controls 80 per cent of road contracts, whistleblower says “There is a group that controls contracts on [Montreal] Island, passing them around, one after the other, we call them the Fabulous Fourteen,” said…




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Mental illness and crime

Father suffocated sons, stabbed daughter, murder trial told Another case where mental illness is at issue. Perhaps, if we as a society spent more money on diagnosis, treatment and care of the mentally ill, we…


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24-year-old is “terror 18 leader”

Terror 18 leader pleads guilty Isabel Teotonio writes for the Toronto Star: Zakaria Amara, 24, confessed to participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that…


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Another Khadr

Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition The US is trying to have Canada extradite Abdullah Khadr, a member of the Khadr family. His father sent Abdullah to Afghanistan when he was a teenager. Colin Freeze…