Justice Reform

• ‘This could have been anybody’s daughter’: Vigil held for Surrey homicide victim

  Dozens of family members and friends of Tori Dunn gathered at a Surrey park for a vigil to call for justice and to honour the young woman, who was killed in her home last week.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2024
  
• Lawyer convicted in impaired hit and run that killed Edmonton teen being released

  'If Chloe's death is going to amount to anything, I would like to see a change in sentencing and how society views impaired driving,' Michael said.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2023
  
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• Calls for justice reform after New Brunswick inmate dies of COVID-19

  Skyler Sappier, a 28-year-old inmate, died of COVID-19 at the end of January. A criminologist says he shouldn't have been jailed during a pandemic in the first place.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2022
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• Legal reforms after Gerald Stanley case causing confusion

  The federal government's removal of peremptory challenges has caused confusion in Canadian courts. There has been no definitive ruling in Saskatchewan as to how it will affect trials.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2020
• Is the Liberal government’s promise to repeal mandatory minimum sentences dead?

  'Repealing mandatory minimum sentences may be exactly the sort of pressure-release valve that our overburdened courts need,' says lawyer Michael Spratt.

  Politics

  Jan 18, 2020
• We can’t base justice system reform on knee-jerk reactions to the Gerald Stanley verdict

  It makes no sense to engineer changes to the entire justice system based on one particular case, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  Feb 17, 2018
• ‘It’s important that we get things like this right.’: Opposition leader Andrew Scheer on fallout of Stanley verdict

  Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says there are important conversations to have about reforming the justice system, but urges his government counterparts not to act rashly.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2018