The Supreme Court has once again reaffirmed the distinction between the principals of private law and those governing the criminal law. In a unanimous decision the court upheld the right of superior officials to review and ultimately cancel a →
Previous items in this category mentioned the case of the speeder convicted of a ticket in the new category of “excessive speed” – whereby the fine and demerit points are doubled – who contested the validity of the law enacting these →
Observing the way cyclists flout every traffic rule – with the possible exception of speeding – one would think they were subject to their own set of traffic laws, or perhaps to no rules at all. Has anyone ever seen →
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Les avocats criminels de la cour de Montréal exprimaient récemment des opinions divergentes à propos de l’épilogue probable du cas de Guercy Edmond, ce chauffeur de taxi qui a écrasé un passager ivre et agressif qui l’attaquait avec l’aide de deux autres passagers. Il semblerait qu’après avoir insulté et frappé le
Criminal lawyers at the Montreal courthouse were expressing mixed opinions recently about the likely outcome of the case of Guercy Edmond, the cab driver who ran over an intoxicated and truculent passenger while or shortly after being attacked by the victim and his two fellow passengers.
Apparently, after the driver was verbally
Le cas de ce jeune home sans arme abattu par un “pseudo-vigile” a fait l’objet d’énormément de publicité en raison des allégations de racisme provoquées par l’absence d’accusations portées contre ce policier manqué. Depuis l’arrestation pour meurtre de M. Zimmerman, les média sont saturés d’opinions d’experts
The case of the wannabe cop who shot an unarmed teenager in Florida initially generated enormous publicity due to the allegation of racism as the basis for criminal charges not having been laid against Mr. Zimmerman. Now that he has been arrested for murder the media are awash with expert opinions from criminal lawyers on the likely
Des articles précédents ont souligné la futilité d’utiliser le droit criminel pour réprimer l’usage des drogues récréationnelles. Dernièrement nous avons eu l’occasion de constater qu’il est possible de contrôler efficacement l’usage des drogues dans le monde du sport professionnel sans avoir recours aux poursuites
Previous posts have underscored the futility of using the criminal law to control the use of recreational drugs and recently we have seen how drug use in the world of professional sports can be dealt with effectively without recourse to criminal proceedings. Ironically, it seems the most primitive sports, boxing and mixed martial arts,
Il est triste de constater que les média nationaux consacrent une fois de plus leurs ressources à la diffusion de l’histoire horrible d’un cas répugnant de meurtre sexuel. On est en lieu de se demander quelle faiblesse de l’esprit humain peut pousser une foule de lecteurs à suivre heure par heure la mise à jour de chaque
It is sad to see the national media once again devoting their resources to publicizing the gruesome story of a disgusting case of sex murder. One wonders what weakness in the human psyche creates a mass readership for hourly updated coverage of every lurid detail of the sordid case of a young girl abducted on the first day she was to
La nouvelle qu’un policier retraité avait été arrêté suite aux allégations d’avoir offert de dévoiler les identités des informateurs anonymes a secoué forces policières ainsi que le milieu du crime organisé.
Étant donné l’importance pour les enquêtes criminelles des renseignements provenant des membres du milieu
News of the arrest of a retired Montreal police officer for offering information identifying confidential informers to organized crime figures caused quite a stir in the law enforcement community as well as in the Montreal criminal underworld.
This is understandable given the importance of inside information to the success of