Derstine Penman Articling Student in Today’s Toronto Star

Click the link below to read an article featuring an interview with Derstine Penman articling student Stephanie DiGiuseppe on airport security and how it can interfere with your Charter rights. http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/904720–the-decade-of-9-11-critics-of-ramped-up-security-wonder-where-it-will-end

When Police Abuse Their Authority

There has been alot in the news lately about the Ottawa Police service and the behaviour of certain members of that force. In a nutshell, a female detainee, who appears to have been taken into custody because she was belligerent towards the police (not an arrestable offence as far as I know) was “strip searched” […]

Good article about the failure of the SIU to hold the police accountable.

Are these cops above the law? When we think of cops, we often think of those risk their health and well being to protect us – but what happens when they don’t? What happens when the police injure, maim and even kill civilians through negligence and over-reaction? The following article from the Toronto Star is […]

Psychiatric assessment continues for man accused of murder

Psychiatric assessment continues for man accused of murder. Etienne Beaulieu, 21, accused in the first-degree killing of his mother will spend another 30 days undergoing a psychiatric assessment at a centre in Whitby. (PETERBOROUGH) The psychiatric assessment of a man accused of killing his mother has been extended for another 30 days. Etienne Beaulieu, 21, […]

Tori Stafford murder trial fast-tracked

The province has decided to fast-track the trial of the man charged with murdering Tori Stafford, taking the rare step of quashing his preliminary hearing. But the lawyer for Michael Rafferty said the decision will only limit his client’s rights, not speed up the process. He also suggested the public will see the move as […]

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