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The new digital age presents citizens with a number of advancements that make life easier. But digital developments also present opportunities for criminal activity. Cybercrime. Computer crime. Technology-related criminal offences. Whatever you want to call them, the criminal offences are on the rise, and young people are most well-suited to utilize the internet and technology […]

Breathalyzers are considered reasonably accurate. And while that might be enough to keep the roads safer with fewer drunk driving incidents, the ‘reasonable’ part of that last sentence can leave much to be desired for drivers accused of having disqualifying levels of alcohol in their blood. Thousands of tests are thrown out yearly because of

In recent years, Canada enacted a controversial law allowing police to perform random breathalyzer tests without the need for suspicion of drunk driving. They can request (demand, really) the alcohol breath test on the road, at the bar, at a restaurant, and even at a person’s home. These tests don’t need to occur because of

An individual is guilty of theft if they take a piece of property that does not belong to them and then seek to deprive the property’s owner of their asset. Now in possession of the stolen property, the individual seeks to use it for their personal gain, either in its intended use or by selling

Canadian Criminal Code identifies the possession of the stolen property as a criminal offence punishable by fines and other penalties. The criteria for the crime include:  Being in possession of the property.  The property in question was obtained via a criminal act.  You were well aware that the item you were in possession of was

In Canada, theft is any act in which an individual or group knowingly and fraudulently takes an asset for their own without the right to do so. In taking the item (whether it be animate or inanimate), they intend to deprive its owner of the item and use it for their own personal gain. If

There are several unfortunate examples of people defending their spouses, children, parents, and homes with deadly force and finding themselves charged with murder. Whether stabbing, shooting, or striking an assailant, if it leads to death, it may be ruled as murder or homicide. Canada has self-defence laws but lacks a ‘castle doctrine,’ the legal defence

Self-defence arguments are used to say that the defendant needed to perform a potentially illegal act to protect themselves or other innocent parties. The duress defence works very similarly. This defence strategy states that a person was under duress and forced to act, potentially taking illegal actions to alleviate their sense of distress. Though similar

When sexual assault is depicted in media like television shows and movies, we often see it portrayed as the act of a stranger, like perhaps a serial rapist or another predator. But actually, acquaintance sexual assault is by far the most common form of sexual assault in Canada. Acquaintance sexual assault makes up for more