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HOW QUICKLY SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWS ARE CHANGING

Sexual assault laws are changing in Canada. Political movements like #MeToo and several high-profile cases involving sexual related activity in Canada have shed light on sexual assault laws and how these crimes are reported and charged. This post will highlight some of the recent changes to the sexual related assaults and aggravated sexual assault sections of the […]

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HOW RELIABLE IS A BLOOD PATTERN ANALYSIS

Over the last 10 years, blood pattern analysis (BPA)’s foundation in physics and other fields of science has been called into question [1]. Current BPA reconstruction methods utilize straight trajectories in crime scene reconstruction, neglecting to account for the effects of gravity and drag which results in the actual trajectory being curved rather than straight[2]. Further,

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WHAT IS A VETROVEC WARNING?

A Vetrovec warning is a warning provided to a jury about “relying on the informer’s unsupported testimony”[1]. These “clear and sharp warning[s]”[2] are given to the jury to alert them to the risk of relying on the evidence of an “unreliable witness”[3]. Whether to issue a Vetrovec warning and its contents are often decided by the trial judge, but in

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PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF UNDERTAKING, RELEASE ORDER OR PROBATION ORDER

When an individual faces criminal charges, the court may decide to release them on certain conditions meant to help prevent the repetition of criminal behaviour. These could include bail conditions before the trial, probation conditions or release on a peace bond. If these specified conditions are broken, it is considered a serious crime, and new

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