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…
The Justizzentrum Leoben is a court and prison complex located in the quaint city of Leoben, Austria. From what I can tell, this has got to be the most luxurious prison on the planet. The…
It appears that law students are going to have to buy an updated Criminal Code for next year. The Harper Conservatives’ new “get tough on crime” legislation comes into full force today. The Tackling Violent…
Police in northern Queensland have charged a 64-year-old man with drunk driving after he was caught sleeping at the controls of his motorized wheelchair on a four-lane highway. Other motorists on the highway had to…
Another foot, the sixth in ten months, has washed has up on a BC island. This latest foot was found on Vancouver Island by a woman who was walking along the beach. The severed foot…
A 12-year-old Quebec girl who was grounded by her father appealed her punishment to the Quebec Superior Court, according to the AFP. The girl was grounded for disobeying her father’s orders to stay off the…
The Severed Foot Mystery continues to deepen as a fifth partially-submerged foot was discovered yesterday on a British Columbia shoreline. AP reports that the left foot was discovered by a couple of passersby on Westham…
A few months ago while listening to CBC Radio, I heard about the controversial case of a man being tried in Alberta for habitually drunk driving. The man, Raymond Yellowknee, had already been convicted of…
At an historic conference in Dublin this week, 111 countries agreed to a near-complete ban on the use of cluster munitions. After 10 days of talks, and much lobbying and pressure from groups such as…
The New York Sun (via AP) reports that the alleged mob boss known as Vinny “Gorgeous” Basciano asked an appellate court yesterday to order the judge in his upcoming trial to step aside. The reason?…
