wife assaultThere is no distinction in the Canadian Criminal Code between assaults committed on strangers and assaults of spouses. Traditionally, however, wife assault has been considered a private affair, and it has been argued that this attitude continues to be reflected in the police response ...
There is no distinction in the Canadian Criminal Code between assaults committed on strangers and assaults of spouses. Traditionally, however, wife assault has been considered a private affair, and it has been argued that this attitude continues to be reflected in the police response to domestic ...
“Kelly was one of those people,” Andrews said. They two women connected and kept in touch. They emailed members of Parliament about the need to reform sections of the Criminal Code dealing with publication bans. Finally, in September 2022, Andrews received a reply from Conservative MP...
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There is no specific charge of "domestic violence" or "domestic assault" in the Canadian Criminal Code. Ontario's courts, however, take violence occurring at home seriously. They consider an assault on a domestic partner as an aggravating factor on sentencing under section 718.2 of the Criminal...
a jury in May 2019 and, according to a sentencing report, was out on bail with conditions until his sentencing on Nov. 4. The man was charged with sexual assault of a teen under the age of 16, a crime that carries two to six years of prison time under the Canadian ...
first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin in 2000. Potvin, shown in a Quebec provincial police handout photo, was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que., on April 28, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Qu...
Criminal Defence Lawyer Associate Evan Sinclair studied law at the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit Mercy, receiving American and Canadian law degrees. Evan’s passion for criminal law was solidified after spending a semester as a student attorney working for the Detroit Mercy Crim...
“If women needed any other reason not to turn to the law to protect them, this will surely send that message unless it is corrected at the higher court,” she said. The Canadian Press Like us onFacebookand follow us onTwitter.
Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File was used to determine neighborhood income quintiles at the dissemination area level using Canadian Census data from 2006. A detailed outline of the data linkage process has been published elsewhere.16 To obtain immigration information, we used the ...