Tyler MacDonald
36 Lombard Street M5C 2X3 Toronto, ON, Canada

https://www.macdonaldcriminaldefence.com/first-degree-murde

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It's incredible -- the lengths we have to go to just to have a chance to test these breath machines ourselves. The government, and the companies that make millions from the sale of these machines, should not be allowed to simply block access and say "trust us". https://www.thestar.com//vancouver-lawyers-duck-rcmp-prohi

6 years ago I brought a motion to halt the prosecution against my 12-year-old client for serious gun charges on the basis that the police illegally strip-searched him. The judge allowed the motion and stayed the charges, in part because it had been over 10 years since the Supreme Court had set out the rules for conducting strip searches, and police services were still repeatedly violating those rules. The judge's decision was widely reported in the news media. I thought it would change things, and from my own anecdotal experience I thought that it had. I was wrong. Hopefully this report with have a greater impact. https://www.thestar.com//toronto-police-conduct-far-too-ma

The Hub model? Instead, try calling it Holistic Surveillance, or Salvation Social Control -- "We need to know everything about you...so that we can help you." It's no coincidence that the first people subjected to this project are the ones with the least available resources to launch any kind of legal challenge. I wonder if a prosecutor determined to get a conviction could get their hands on this info. https://motherboard.vice.com//police-in-canada-are-trackin

Shouldn't "Law and Order" include investigating and holding to account the police if they've committed crimes? https://www.thestar.com//ford-government-unveils-plan-to-f

Under Wilson-Raybould as Justice Minister, the Liberals used the death of Colten Boushie and the failure to prove a murder charge as an excuse to introduce a bill that will rob all accused people (white, indigenous, visible minorities) of the only real tool they have to try to make sure that the jury determining their fate contains at least one person of a similar cultural or ethnic background. Reflecting the fact that the biggest injustice that the government cares about is ...when it loses a case, the bill was introduced with lightning speed after the Boushie verdict (compared to the years or decades it takes to free a single wrongfully convicted person, or to pass legislation that offers critical protection against unfair trials for accused persons). Wilson-Raybould was part of this. She either thought it up herself, or willingly championed it, or secretly opposed it but decided to let it happen anyway. I know that promising politicians like Ms. Wilson-Raybould are very important to our indigenous communities and I think I understand why so many are distraught by her recent fall from power, but we must remember that she played a central role in advancing a piece of legislation that cynically masquerades as justice for indigenous people while making it markedly harder for indigenous accused (or any accused) to ensure that someone on their jury has experienced life from their perspective. Then again maybe the revelations over the coming weeks will show that she fought tooth-and-nail in the backrooms against this bill... See more

"How can you defend someone who might be guilty?" How is it that I've been asked that by so many people at parties and dinners, without ever hearing of a Crown lawyer being asked "How can you prosecute someone who might be innocent?"

There must be no accusation, no alleged crime, which overrides the right to a fair trial. If such an accusation were allowed to exist, then simply uttering it against a person is all that would be needed to destroy them. A weapon like this, available to anyone with a mouth, would quickly eviscerate a free society. Fairness always, even to those accused of being unfair.

Just don’t drink and drive! Heard this I few times in response to what I and other lawyers have written about the new impaired driving laws. Here’s the thing: the new laws affect people who drive without drinking, and people who drink but then don’t drive. So even people who wisely just don’t drink and drive need to know about this. www.macdonaldcriminaldefence.com

Whether it's ultimately trial by a jury composed of civilians, or a jury of other military service members, our soldiers deserve the same level of justice as the rest of us. https://www.cbc.ca//beaudry-military-justice-supreme-court