Quebec Justice
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Quebec to spend $31M to boost security at courthouses after violent incidentsA number of groups representing Quebec justice system workers have been lobbying the government to increase security at courts after the Jan. 9 Longueuil knife attack.CrimeJun 3
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Quebec secret trial: Informant suing police for $5.8MThe unnamed informant accuses police officers of acting in bad faith by reneging on the co-operation deal and then allegedly blackmailing him or her.CrimeSep 11, 2023
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Justice minister lays blame on Quebec court for cases being dropped in northThe justice minister said the co-ordinating judge overseeing the northern districts has considerably reduced the number of days set aside for hearings compared to the year before.CrimeSep 7, 2023
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New Quebec bill aims to protect mothers and their children born of sexual assaultThe justice minister cited lawyers specializing in family law, who estimate that there are more than 170 children born of sexual assault every year in Quebec.CrimeFeb 23, 2023
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Review committee recommends Quebec Justice Gérard Dugré be removed from officeThe recommendation will go before members of the Canadian Judicial Council, who will make further recommendations to the federal justice minister about whether Dugré keeps his job.CrimeJul 20, 2022
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Quebec Court of Appeal says details of secret trial must remain hidden from publicQuebec's Court of Appeal has rejected requests to publicly disclose details about a secret trial involving a police informant. The decision was made on Wednesday.CanadaJul 20, 2022
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Quebec legal aid lawyers set for 4-day strike over equal pay with Crown attorneysQuebec is offering legal aid lawyers a two per cent salary increase per year over three years, but it gave Crown prosecutors a 2.5 per cent increase per year.CanadaJun 6, 2022
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Lawyers ask Quebec Court of Appeal to shed more light on secret trialThe trial's existence only became public earlier this year because a police informant accused in the case appealed his or her conviction.CrimeJun 6, 2022
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Sentencing arguments begin for convicted murderer Ugo FredetteFredette was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, Véronique Barbe and 71-year-old Yvon Lacasse.Jun 1, 2020
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Jurors continue to deliberate in case of Montreal man charged with killing ailing wifeThe jurors have two possible verdicts open to them: They must decide whether the crime carried the intent requisite for second-degree murder or if it was manslaughter.CrimeFeb 21, 2019
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