This is a link to a really neat Google map that the Toronto Star updates that shows the reader where all homicides took place in Toronto. It is interesting to see certain trends, particularly when you compare from year to year. Link to Toronto Star Google Maps
Link to The girl whose hair was too big for her mugshot the Daily Mail
Young Muslim alleges racial stereotyping, says plainclothes officers didn’t identify themselves when quarrel escalated to an armed invasion of his home and a beating Source: TheStar.com – News – Police hit with $2.6M lawsuit
Here is a collection of bail principles I have put together over the years that I find assists me tremendously in the bail hearings I conduct. The best advantage it provides the lawyer is the ability to have all the major principles of bail right at your fingertips to succinctly and smoothly integrate into your Read more
A funny series of questions and answers and commentary on the ridiculous questions you are asked when applying for a job at a law firm. Link to best of craigslist : Top 10 Law Firm Interview Questions
By Kirk Makin: There is an alarming move afoot at the highest levels of the judiciary to relax a long-standing prohibition against using evidence obtained through investigative shortcuts, according to two highly respected criminal law academics. “If we stop excluding evidence, the Charter is going to be dead,” Queen’s University law professor Don Stuart told Read more
A similar article as the one below: Defence lawyers are unfairly shouldering the blame for longer criminal trials, a legal symposium was told on the weekend. While members of the criminal bar are being told to stop bringing so many motions that challenge the admissibility of evidence and lengthen court proceedings, the opposite message is Read more
I find this article very accurate and exemplative of how defence counsel are used as justice system scape-goats. Defence lawyers are unfairly shouldering the blame for longer criminal trials, a legal symposium was told on the weekend. While members of the criminal bar are being told to stop bringing so many motions that challenge Read more
This is so disgraceful. The lawyer is caught being drunk while defending a man facing a potential life sentence.