Jordan Applications

• Alberta justice minister addresses memo, defends new triage protocol for prosecutors

  Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says new guidelines to manage court files will not see serious, violent cases like murder or sexual assault sacrificed to save time and money.

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  Mar 8, 2017
  
• Lukas Strasser-Hird’s family outraged, disappointed by sentences handed down

  Three men convicted in the swarming death of a Calgary teen learned their fate on Monday.

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  Jan 16, 2017
  
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• Ontario man charged with killing 4-year-old daughter in Calgary gets October trial date

  Oluwatosin Oluwafemi was arrested in December 2015 and flown back to Calgary to face a charge of second-degree murder.

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  Jan 6, 2017
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• La Loche, Sask. mother dismayed man charged in her son’s death isn’t facing trial

  A Saskatchewan mother is left looking for answers after a murder charge against her son’s accused killer were stayed due to unreasonable amount of time in getting the case to trial.

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  Dec 18, 2016
• Jordan application denied for Lukas Strasser-Hird’s killers

  A judge has denied an application to have convictions in a high-profile Calgary murder case thrown out for ‘unreasonable delays’.

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  Dec 15, 2016
• ‘Swamped’ Alberta police watchdog spurs calls for better justice system funding

  Experts suggest Alberta's lack of efficiency in criminal case processing has to do with a "chronic underfunding" of justice departments.

  Dec 1, 2016
• Decision reserved in application to throw out charges for Lukas Strasser-Hird’s killers

  Defence lawyer Gavin Wolch told Justice Glen Poelman the issue is “whether it's reasonable to take three years...without a preliminary inquiry.”

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  Nov 28, 2016
• Alberta police watchdog ‘disturbed’ criminal case thrown out for unreasonable delay

  ASIRT said it disclosed its entire file on the Jason Harron case within 20 days of the Crown’s request for disclosure and isn't aware of any impact its work had on the charges being stayed.

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  Nov 23, 2016
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• Calgary criminal case thrown out citing ‘unreasonable delays’

  Jason Harron was charged with a long string of offences, including criminal negligence causing bodily harm, after a May 2013 incident with police in northwest Calgary.

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  Nov 3, 2016