Former RCMP officer Mike Ferguson has been given a conditional sentence, meaning he will not spend any more time in jail for the shooting death of a prisoner. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Ged Hawco ...
But the Halifax provincial court judge said Monday he’s not familiar with intoxicated people making bad decisions “at such a ...
A Swift Current man was sentenced last week on charges stemming from an incident last summer involving an assault and theft ...
The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that changing the rules for conditional sentences could cost taxpayers an extra $145 million because of increased parole reviews and prosecutions ...
The federal government doesn’t have to try to reduce the disproportionate incarceration rates of Indigenous peoples when it passes crime laws, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The court split ...
OTTAWA — Equating time served in the community with time spent in jail opens up the door to absurd possibilities within immigration law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. In an unanimous ...
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has found that Criminal Code provisions prohibiting conditional sentences for certain offences did not infringe an Indigenous woman’s equality rights, because ...