Toute action prise pour des raisons de sûreté, de sécurité ou de protection du public qui repose sur des stéréotypes fondés sur la race, la couleur, l’ethnie, l’ascendance, la religion, le lieu d’origine ou une…
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Curtis Flowers has been tried six times, for a crime he committed in 1996. Flowers has been convicted to death three times, however each conviction has come from the same prosecutor. Doug Evans—the lead prosecutor—violated…
In a decision from the Federal Court this week, Justice Boswell declared paragraph 112(2)(b.1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to be inconsistent with section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…
Hip-hop artist Jasmal Knox (otherwise known as “Mayhem Mal”) was convicted in 2014 to two-years in prison, for anti-police lyrical content interpreted as threatening and intimidating. The artist holds that his lyrics were metaphorical rather…
Mental health and criminal law are again in question after a police-involved shooting in Winnipeg on February 23. As reported in a CBC article, the victim of the shooting was identified as Machuar Madut, a…
The purpose of this post is to summarize the findings of a report published by Human Rights Watch Australia: Kirti Sharma, “I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished – Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners…
Many in-land cities in Canada (including Toronto, London, Vancouver, and Ottawa) have adopted Sanctuary City or “Access without Fear” policies. “Access without Fear” policy ensures that access to municipal services is open to all, enabling…
The purpose of this post is to summarize the findings of a report published by Human Rights Watch Australia: Kirti Sharma, “I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished – Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with…
Time after time, courts have demanded religious neutrality from the state, whether in the context of schools, government programs, or religious displays. Research shows that the American legal system privileges conservative Christianity, and that Muslims…
The impact of race on the criminal justice system—the death penalty, in particular—will be considered by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal, as the Justices hear Keith Tharpe’s appeal of a 1990 murder conviction. Death…
