R v J.J. — Addressing Systemic Barriers to Justice in Sexual Offences - Madeline Comeau
Cases involving sexual assault are among the most sensitive and difficult types of cases to navigate in the criminal justice system. On...
Mistakes of Law: Should Evidence be Excluded? - Alec Borger
While we hope that police officers and legal officials thoroughly understand the application of law in their duties, it would be ignorant...
To Prosecute or Not: The Criminal Law and HIV Non-disclosure - Brandon Leverick
People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are not strangers to stigmatization. Myths surrounding the modes and modalities of...
Plea-se Bargain Carefully: Balancing the Expediency of Plea Bargaining with the Rights of an Accused
Written by Brynn Taylor In the Canadian legal system, there is a constant tension between crime control and due process, a perpetual...
Lack of Presumption of Innocence: The Jake Virtanen Allegations - Hayden Yaremko
Introduction In the common law legal system, any person who is charged with an offence has the right “to be presumed innocent until...
