A Calgary Defence Lawyer's Thoughts on Capital Punishment
Last week, Nebraska's legislature passed a law abolishing the death penalty, overriding a veto by the governor of that state and ensuring that the ten people currently on "death row"…
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Last week, Nebraska's legislature passed a law abolishing the death penalty, overriding a veto by the governor of that state and ensuring that the ten people currently on "death row"…
Canada has not executed a prisoner for over fifty years, and the death penalty has been abolished for almost all crimes in Canada since 1976 (with the last few remaining…
Most people in Calgary will go their entire lives without being accused of a real crime, not counting minor traffic infractions.
Bill C-51, the controversial "anti-terror" legislation that many Calgarians and Canadians see as a severe encroachment on the privacy and civil liberties of the nation's citizens and guests, recently passed…
Having recently passed the House of Commons by a huge margin, the innocuous-sounding Bill C-51 seems almost guaranteed to be voted into law, and the result could be the diminishment…
In an article posted last week, I explained the basic differences between a Calgary DUI charge resulting in administrative penalties, and the more serious criminal penalties that cam come with…
This article provided a brief overview of the difference between administrative and criminal DUI charges and penalties in Calgary. In short, a BAC (blood alcohol content) between .
Many people assume that because I'm a defence lawyer here in Calgary, I'm automatically opposed to laws that criminalize my clients' behavior, and that I'm always at odds with Calgary…
Jon Cornish, a banker here in Calgary and also one of the most successful and respected running backs in the Canadian Football League, has weighed in on the flurry of…
Everyone knows drinking and driving is against the law.
Every Calgary DUI case is unique, and an effective impaired driving defence lawyer will approach each case individually and with a careful eye to its specific details.
Tosha Hubler claimed that she only took part in the murder of Rino (Ray) Johnson because feared her husband, Jason Hubler, and what he might do to her if she…
Calgary DUI Charges Under Alberta's impaired driving laws, drivers in Calgary who are suspected of a DUI with a blood alcohol content of .
Defence counsel David Chow steered his client Carlos Pelaez away from a murder conviction in a case involving the stabbing of his girlfriend, Teresa Enrique.
I began my career in the Crown prosecutor's office, but I quickly saw that I could do more to protect Calgary and its people as a defence lawyer.
Lawyers for an accused murderer are baffled at the secrecy behind information the Crown is refusing to disclose the defence.
CALGARY - A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of one of two former Calgary Remand Centre corrections officers whom she convicted of sexual assault nearly five months…
The shotgun slaying of a Calgary drug dealer was the result of a botched robbery during a territorial dispute, court heard yesterday.
The mother of a slain Calgary man expressed frustration yesterday as her son’s killer’s sentencing was delayed.
Some Calgary lawyers say the police practice of calling someone a gang member even if that person has not been convicted of a gang-related offence is damaging to their clients.
Prosecutors can’t divulge to police details of defence Charter challenges before the officers testify, a Calgary judge has ruled.
The shotgun slaying of a Calgary drug dealer was the result of a botched robbery during a territorial dispute, court heard today.
The suspect in a domestic slaying may find it hard getting a lawyer to take his case after losing another due to personal conflict, a judge said yesterday.
The Crown will conduct a closed-door hearing with a judge to see if it has to disclose new evidence to the defence on a Calgary murder case.