#The scary truth about Canada’s wrongful convictions

#The scary truth about Canada’s wrongful convictions

(Illustration by Celina Pereira) The Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions lists 83 names. They are people who were driven to make false confessions. People who were convicted based on flawed forensics. People who were named by witnesses who got it wrong. The registry, posted online in February, was co-created by Kent Roach, a law professor…

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#RCMP considered charging Justin Trudeau over Aga Khan visit

#RCMP considered charging Justin Trudeau over Aga Khan visit

“RCMP considered charging Justin Trudeau over Aga Khan visit” Politics Insider for April 26: Trudeau calls for an inquiry; Ottawa braces for another convoy; panel warns about Neo-Nazism Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. Charge dodged: The RCMP considered charging Justin Trudeau with fraud…

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#Real reform of the RCMP won’t come from within

#Real reform of the RCMP won’t come from within

“#Real reform of the RCMP won’t come from within” There is reason to hope that Justin Trudeau will follow in his father’s footsteps and force real reform on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the first time in decades. A report Thursday from former Supreme Court justice Michel Bastarache will not force Trudeau to take…

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#The Nova Scotia killer’s dark past, and a mysterious 0,000

#The Nova Scotia killer’s dark past, and a mysterious $300,000

“#The Nova Scotia killer’s dark past, and a mysterious $300,000” The denturist who killed 22 Nova Scotians in April acquired about $300,000 in mysterious circumstances from the estate of a disgraced lawyer who was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy. Property and corporate records show that Gabriel Wortman sold two Fredericton rental properties belonging…

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