R v Sharma: SCC to Determine whether Restrictions on Conditional Sentences Violate the Equality Rights of Indigenous Offenders
“The figures are stark and reflect what may fairly be termed a crisis.”
“The figures are stark and reflect what may fairly be termed a crisis.”
On February 8th 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) heard Eugene Ndhlovu v. Her Majesty the Queen, an appeal from the Alberta Court of Appeal (“ABCA”) (R v Ndhlovu,...
Introduction Criminal law is oftentimes understood as an outcome-oriented field of law, wherein procedure in the criminal justice system is ultimately aimed at achieving an outcome – guilty or not...
How should criminal courts account for the existence of systemic and pervasive anti-Black racism when sentencing Black offenders? This is the question that the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (“NSCA”)...