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According to court records, the charges were dropped the following day for no reasonable prospect of conviction. http://ow.ly/8fXA30rDPOF #criminallaw #criminallawyer

"More than 40 charges under the Criminal Code of Canada were laid at the time, including dangerous driving, obstruction, causing a disturbance and failure to comply, among other things": http://ow.ly/WBsH30rDI6B #criminallawyer #criminallaw

Blog: The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that in order to be considered guilty of breaching bail conditions, people must be consciously aware that they are doing so. http://ow.ly/hxgN30rDARt #criminallawyer #criminallaw

"Online hate is a focus of the second prong, as global observers continue to question Facebook's role in tragedies": http://ow.ly/aoZB30rD07J #criminallawyer #criminalcodeofcanada

Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2013 that three prostitution prohibitions were unconstitutional: http://ow.ly/TW3630rCScW #criminallawyer #criminallaw

From facial recognition, to predictive technologies, big data policing is rife with technical, ethical and political landmines: http://ow.ly/6Y8430rsuP8 #criminalcodeofcanada #criminallaw

"After his arrest, Robbie McGregor was overheard by an officer saying to himself, 'I’ve done something bad’, and 'I’m sorry'. This last remark was made repeatedly": http://ow.ly/nuOX30rsbd3 #criminallawyer #criminaldefence #criminaltrial #covid19

Inmates across Canada are speaking out as COVID-19 infections spread within federal and provincial correctional facilities, with prisoner advocates saying the situation is only getting worse: http://ow.ly/C0Nk30rrOBY #criminallawyer #criminallaw

In a nine-part series, Partner and Criminal Lawyer, Christopher Hicks, takes readers through the highly unusual process of running a murder trial during a pandemic, providing rare insights and information as you follow along on the journey from start to finish. This is part one: http://ow.ly/1gSN30rpJft #criminallawyer #criminaldefence #murdertrial #adayinthelife

Criminal Lawyer and Partner, Christopher Hicks, was recently interviewed by CTV News to discuss the recent ruling that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, cannot be extradited to the US to face spy charges due to a suicide risk: https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2111692 #criminaldefence

In a progress report to be released, Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Heidi Illingworth, says the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights has not delivered on its promise to ensure victims' rights are respected and upheld in a more balanced criminal justice system: http://ow.ly/xn5430rpcrQ

A Defence Lawyer’s Journal: Running a Murder Trial During a Pandemic, Pt. 3. http://ow.ly/BKu530rrbNb #criminallawyer #criminallaw #murdertrial

"Despite its conclusion, the report does outline some issues with the way police acted, including that no attempt was made to verbally calm Campbell a young Black man who had schizophrenia during the confrontation": http://ow.ly/N10Q30roF3X #criminallawyer

The feds plan to amend the Criminal Code to penalize those who neglect seniors. http://ow.ly/9Tga30rkgs8 #criminallawyer

In a series of sexual-assault rulings this fall, the Supreme Court has sent a message to appellate courts that they should listen to lower-court judges who believe the complainant. http://ow.ly/CfTd30rovzr #criminallawyer #criminallaw

The provincial government, working alongside the Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, is introducing a digital initiative for filing criminal charges: http://ow.ly/e30u30rjJk2 #criminallawyer

Driving any of these conveyances while impaired carries the same consequences as driving a motor vehicle impaired including the possibility of a jail sentence: http://ow.ly/6k0U30rjyLK #criminallawyer #criminallaw

"In Canada, it is a crime to assault or threaten to assault someone, no matter what his or her age is. However, the rules aren’t so cut and dry when it comes to your children": http://ow.ly/B6eR30rjdzz #criminallaw #criminallawyer

Canada’s police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ2 communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s: http://ow.ly/ZLFJ30ro8Ne

A dedicated police unit that has been focusing on traffic enforcement in the parts of the city where speeding and dangerous driving are most common has now been made a permanent fixture of the Toronto Police Service: http://ow.ly/SkYk30rgj43

Investigation, dubbed Project Wonders, began in January and led to arrests on Oct. 21: http://ow.ly/Kzws30riPNW #criminallawyer #criminallaw

Statement comes two months after $16.5M settlement that included public acknowledgement by police http://ow.ly/z8gr30rfUCo #criminallawyer

As part of an Ontario Provincial Police enforcement project tracking black market cannabis, investigators say they have uncovered sophisticated operations connected to organized crime and the exportation of marijuana to the United States: http://ow.ly/VBqK30rfHzy #criminallawyer

Jury selection in Brampton, Toronto and Ottawa has been suspended for the next month as new health restrictions are put in place to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in those regions: http://ow.ly/I61L30rf76B

Prisoners in a unit of the Toronto East Detention Centre launched a hunger strike on Wednesday to protest frequent lockdowns and harsh conditions: http://ow.ly/niV630reVOe #criminallawyer #criminallaw

Some politicians say its high time single-game wagering was legalized and regulated before it’s too late: http://ow.ly/p6DT30reKMg #criminallaw #criminallawyer

Earlier this week, the Toronto Police 22 Division posted photos on Facebook showing officers using radar guns to track the speed of cyclists travelling down a bike path in south Etobicoke. http://ow.ly/9Lr430redvq

Top court to hear appeal next week over changes to jury selection implemented in wake of Gerald Stanley trial in the death of Colten Boushie: http://ow.ly/PsLo30rdL2m #criminallawyer #criminallaw

The federal government has re-introduced a bill proposing amendments to the Criminal Code, to crack down on the practice of conversion therapy in Canada: http://ow.ly/s4Tw30rdmCW #criminallawyer #criminallaw #criminalcodeofcanada

If this is going to be my story, I want it to mean something, Miller said in a victim impact statement read out at Theriault’s sentencing hearing: http://ow.ly/Lw2D30rczmz #criminallawyer #criminallaw

Officers had to close town of Wasaga Beach to non-residents after hundreds of car enthusiasts gathered there: http://ow.ly/yfUS30rcmT4 #carrally #criminallawyer

A murder trial in Toronto, set to open Monday, is on hold after a member of the prosecution team tested positive for COVD-19, according to sources familiar with the case: http://ow.ly/u2Cg30rcau3 #criminallawyer

"The Ontario Government is being urged to give police chiefs and police services boards the power to suspend officers without pay when they've been charged or convicted of serious crimes": http://ow.ly/uyrZ30rbJ5p