Amanda Ross, an associate at Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP, spoke to the Law Times regarding the constitutionality of The Truth in Sentencing Act, following a successful constitutional challenge to s. 719(3.1) of the Criminal Code.

Megan Schwartzentruber assisted in the drafting of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association’s written submissions to the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in relation to proposed legislative changes in the area of police record checks.

Introduction Generally, extradition is the surrender by one country to another of a person charged with, or convicted of a crime in the requesting country. Canada’s Extradition Act, and a series of treaties to which it is a party, contemplate extradition both to and from Canada. Prior to the significant revisions to the Extradition Act in[…]

Paper Presented at Federation of Law Societies National Criminal Law Program, Quebec City, July, 2011, Section L.2 Author: Mark J. Sandler Nature of the Duty Section 10(b) of the Charter provides that everyone has the right on arrest or detention to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right. The language[…]