While the Duffy verdict dominated headlines, there were lots of other criminal law news and cases of note this month: News:The Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre continued to make the news, with Minister Yasir Naqvi ultimately calling a task force to address the...
Month: April 2016
Credit where credit is due: The Constitutionality of Pre-sentence Custody
Last week, in R v. Safarzadeh-Markhali, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down with a specific provision of the Criminal Code that stemmed from the Conservative government's Truth in Sentencing Act. The act limited pre-sentence custody for people who were detained...
Tasked with change: finding solutions to the Ottawa jail
The Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre has long been plagued with overcrowding and poor conditions. Lately, it seems that the situation is getting worse and worse, with daily reports of new and horrific examples of the health and safety issues. After the reports of...
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