Justice Reform
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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.CanadaFeb 9, 2023
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Calls for justice reform after New Brunswick inmate dies of COVID-19Skyler 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.CanadaFeb 8, 2022
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Legal reforms after Gerald Stanley case causing confusionThe 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.CanadaFeb 17, 2020
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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.PoliticsJan 18, 2020
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We can’t base justice system reform on knee-jerk reactions to the Gerald Stanley verdictIt makes no sense to engineer changes to the entire justice system based on one particular case, Rob Breakenridge says.CommentaryFeb 17, 2018
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‘It’s important that we get things like this right.’: Opposition leader Andrew Scheer on fallout of Stanley verdictOpposition Leader Andrew Scheer says there are important conversations to have about reforming the justice system, but urges his government counterparts not to act rashly.CanadaFeb 13, 2018
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