R u txting? Ur cell is up 4 grabs
For 30 years the Canadian constitutional right to privacy was based on the assumption the state can’t restrain itself when it comes to protecting privacy. Judges interposed themselves to protect [...]
Weary of Lahiry?
Delayed by Jordiet (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://bit.ly/11P5PFd Pre-trial delay just won’t go away in Ontario. This summer, the Court of Appeal threw out serious historical sex assault convictions. [...]
The Kim Kardashian of investigative tools: why the Reid technique is famous, has an empty future and should exit the scene right now
Photo: 12: 365 Interrogation by mcfarlandmo (CC BY 2.0) http://bit.ly/1teQ81m The justice system is a slow responder to the human roadkill of false confessions. In 1983, two mentally disabled [...]
The new nosy neighbour
Photo: Drone First Test Flight by unten44 (CC BY 2.0) http://bit.ly/15eVCEo UPDATED September 17, 2014 Reasoning by analogy breaks down when the world changes faster than the analogizers’ frozen [...]
A game of hospital hot potato
Photo: Supreme Court of Canada by detsang (CC BY 2.0) http://bit.ly/1pfDcfg Last night, Frank spoke at the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto’s conference. The topic: R. v. Conception, argued [...]
Breaking news: Ethernet data is not a weapon
Photo: Cell Phone Repair by Peretz Partensky (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://bit.ly/1r2rLJ6 This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released a landmark decision in the cases of Riley v. California and [...]
Looking for a good time? Enter at your own risk
Photo: Prostitution by Nils Hamerlinck (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://bit.ly/1pfHBij It is not against the law to sell sex for money. But the Harper government is determined to make it as unsafe as [...]
When the Media Perpetuates Stigma: The Globe and Mail
March 21, 2013 *UPDATED June 25, 2014 Criminal lawyers get to see many persistent prejudices up close. None is more enduring than fear of the mentally disordered. Rooted in centuries-old [...]
Just Wurie-d or paralyzed by Fearon? Why courts should be getting Riley-d up about digital privacy rights
Photo: 2008.11.05 – My life story told by the cellphones I’ve owned by Adrian Clark (CC BY-ND 2.0) http://bit.ly/1tq1W06 The ubiquity of technology has changed our privacy [...]
Truth in sentencing?
Photo: Humility by Ben (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://bit.ly/11QEPGg The Truth in Sentencing Act doesn’t deliver on its promise. Since 2010, the Act has restricted judges’ discretion to give [...]
