Addario Law Group LLP
171 John St M5T 1X3 Toronto, ON, Canada

Check out Bill Thompson's post on CanLII Connects about the Supreme Court's recent decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies. http://canliiconnects.org/en/commentaries/35853

Bill Thompson writes for the Ontario Bar Association on Mental Illness as a Mitigating Factor on Sentencing http://www.oba.org//Mental-Illness-as-a-Mitigating-Factor-

Wrongful Convictions and the Failure of the "Ignorance is Bliss" Approach: http://www.addario.ca/wrongful-convictions-and-the-failure/

Can Jurors follow complex legal instructions? Frank discusses in the Toronto Star: http://m.thestar.com/

Frank discusses the poorly understood role of defence counsel in the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com//role-of-defence-counsel-poorly-und

Read this article by Kent Roach and Craig Forcese if you haven't already. Punitive laws won't stop terrorism; prevention programs can. Another devastatingly smart analysis of Harper's new "anti-terrorism" laws: http://bit.ly/1IUsfJu

New Blog Post! Deal or No Deal Part II: Mandatory Minimums and the March Toward One-Sided Plea Bargaining http://www.addario.ca/deal-or-no-deal-part-ii-mandatory-mi/

Confused about Quesnelle? We've got the answers for you: http://www.addario.ca/for-whom-quesnelle-tolls-a-primer-on/

Wrongful Conviction redux: a prominent US judge explains why eyewitness evidence is a leading cause of wrongful convictions, and how courts can stop making the same mistakes: http://wapo.st/1EyBTy6

ALG's response to recent criticisms that plea bargaining lacks transparency and lets complainants down: http://www.addario.ca/deal-or-no-deal/

Frank discusses the erosion of the reasonable doubt standard: http://www.boulderlaw.us/letter-from-toronto/

Should celebrity convicts be allowed to resume their lives after being released? Leah McLaren discusses: http://www.theglobeandmail.com//a-conundr/article22460659/

Frank argues that defence lawyers must be able to hold prosecutors to account without fear of being chastised by the regulator: http://www.thestar.com//colleagues_defend_brex_lawyer_in_l