Yellowknife under a full moon
NWT Supreme Court Justice Louise Charbonneau wasted her time making a “strong recommendation” that Beverly Villeneuve be permitted to serve her sentence in the NWT. And the reason is that the NWT doesn’t care about women enough to make it happen.
The GNWT had to be embarrassed into providing proper arrangements for female prisoners on remand in Yellowknife. Now, once again, it is clear that women come second.
Mountains west of the Delta
My guy (whose name has been changed to protect the innocent) was acquitted of sexual assault after trial by Jury. You can read about the result here.
But why was he acquitted? What about the case was so weak that he did not even have to testify before the Jury? The fact that someone said “he did it” doesn’t make it true.
Here are my jury address notes:
One of the decisions that an accused has to make at the conclusion of the Crown’s case is whether to call evidence or not.
I recently acted for an individual with a severe hearing problem. He was charged with bootlegging mickey bottles of Private Stock.
He wrote his questions and answers on a little pad of paper that he always kept with him and I used my laptop.
At the conclusion of the process, I ended up with my side of a dialogue about the circumstances in which an accused may elect not to testify or call evidence – it is an issue that comes up frequently, so I thought I would post it:
A CBC investigation into a complaint regarding an RCMP officer lying to Social Services in order to gain entry to a private home led to the question – when can the police legally enter your home (and what happens when they do)?
A Northern lawyer with a long history defending accused people in Nunavut and the N.W.T. says training and experience are two factors that could help prevent cases of excessive force by police.
02 What happens I meet my lawyer 1
03 What happens I meet my lawyer 2
04 Talk Day – mental health courts
11 Appeals – a final brief detour
12 suing people for child support part 1
13 suing people for child support part 2
14 Suing people Tort law part 1
15 Suing people Tort law part 2
16 Suing people Tort law part 3
17 Summary – Suing people Tort law
18 more on suing people – a review of child support law
19 a review of child support law part 2
22 Questions about police officers
24 Crime – Parties and Accessories
25 Drinking and Driving Part 1
26 Drinking and Driving part 2
27 So I hear that we are still not going to talk about NTI and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
29 the 3 am call to get released
31 What you should and shouldnt say Part 1
32 What you should and shouldnt say part 2
33 What you should and shouldnt say part 3
34 What you should and shouldnt say part 4
35 What you should and shouldnt say part 5
43 Court based solutions to domestic violence
47 Justice and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
05 a Police powers to investigate crime
05 c Police powers to investigate crime
10 What happens I meet my lawyer 1
11 What happens I meet my lawyer 2
12 What happens when you plead guilty
13 What happens when you plead not guilty
20 Crime rates and judicial resources
22 Administration of Justice Offences
25 what happens when you get sentenced
27a Section 8 of the Charter part 1
27b Section 8 of the Charter part 2
30a Section 11 of the Charter part 1
30b Section 11 of the Charter Part 2
