APPEAL WATCH: JHS v the Government of Saskatchewan on Inmate Discipline Regimes
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (“SKCA”) on inmate discipline regimes in the case of John...
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“Unsolicited, unnecessary, and contrary to stare decisis“: Dissent Criticizes SCC’s Majority Opinion in R. v. Sharma
In R v Sharma, 2022 SCC 29 [“Sharma”], the Supreme Court of Canada [“SCC”/”the Court”] upheld the constitutionality of provisions that restricted the availability of conditional sentences. This decision marks...
R. v. C.P.: s. 37(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act Deemed Constitutional
On May 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) released the decision of R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 [C.P.]. In the decision of C.P., the...
Appeal Watch: Consecutive Ineligible Parole Periods Deemed Unconstitutional in Attorney General of Quebec, et al. v. Alexandre Bissonnette
*TRIGGER WARNING: This post has descriptions of violence that may be triggering to some readers* Since the abolition of the death penalty, the highest sentence a judge can prescribe to...
