Timeliness is necessary to the achievement of justice.
The Case On May 2, 2022, two three-year-old boys Hunter Jackson and Odin Ratliff were killed when Kent Cody Barlow drove his car off the road into a corral they were playing in. Spencer Burt for Fox 13 reports that “the structure collapsed on top of the boys, which caused their death, according to the state medical examiner.” The prosecution claimed that Barlow was high …
There is a backlog of psychiatric assessments in the Manitoba criminal courts, report a Free Press editorial released just today. “It’s months-long delays for people who have been accused of crimes and are waiting for psychiatric assessments,” reports the Free Press. This is not a new story. The Free Press, reported in February 2013 that “Lengthening lineups for psychiatric assessments are delaying cases, forcing accused …
The Seven year long Walsh Construction v Toronto Transit Commission case has come to a conclusion… probably. It’s possible that either of these parties may appeal the decision, but at least the decision was awarded. It was a case that took about as long as the project did. The project was the construction of the Pioneer Village Subway Station in Toronto. Construction began on September …
“Justice is Never Too Late to Come.” This was the powerful statement made by the spokesperson for the family of the girl who was killed by Ibrahim Ali in 2017. As noted elsewhere there is a deep appreciation for justice and it can still be received as justice many years after the event and despite ample grounds for concern over timeliness.
In Hameed v. Canada 2024 FC 242 the Federal Court has declared that the Federal Executive is required to make timely judicial appointments within a “reasonable time of vacancy.” The Honourable Mr. Justice Henry Brown, ruling on the decision, found the number of judicial vacancies (85) appalling and untenable and ordered that “appointments to fill judicial vacancies… must be made within a reasonable time.” Since …
Continue reading All Judicial Appointments Since the Hameed Decision
Police called to the scene of a wife who has been killed by gunshot are conditioned by training and experience to suspect the husband. In 2009 the elderly Nicole Rainville died by gunshot and her husband Jacques Delisle, a former judge for the Court of Appeal in Quebec was charged, tried and convicted for her murder and served almost nine years in prison. Investigators have …
It has been a fact of deportation for sometime that many people who are deported stay around. The Globe on February 13, 2024 reported that only a quarter of people given notice of deportation since 2016 have actually been removed. This is particularly concerning when the basis of the deportation is the commission of a serious criminal offence. No matter how small the share of …
A sexual assault case was stayed for delay after the guilty verdict. Jacques Gallant wrote an article for the Toronto Star on this case titled “She testified. The jury found a man guilty of raping her. It was only then a GTA judge tossed the case for delay.” Timothy Toole, an acquaintance of the victim (whose name is protected) had a few drinks with the …
Continue reading Sexual Assault Case Stayed for Delay after the Guilty Verdict
On January 3, 2017, Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond shot and killed his wife, daughter, and mother and subsequently committed suicide — all with a semi-automatic rifle he bought a few hours earlier. Seven years later, the final report was just released yesterday on January 31, 2024. Ever since this macabre event, the biggest question the public has been wondering is how? How can someone …
Continue reading Final Report on the Lionel Desmond Murder Suicide Released After Seven Years
On December 31, 2023, Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau released an article on the progress Cook County has made in delivering speedier justice titled, “Stalled justice: Slow Cook County courts see progress in 2023, but some decade-old cases still linger on dockets.” Since the reforms made in the fall, Mahr and Crepeau report, the number of cases that are completed within Cook County’s two-year goal …
Continue reading Chicago Tribune reporters investigate criminal justice delays in Cook County
