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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire: study proves children as young as two capable of lying So often in our defence of clients charged with crimes against children, we hear the refrain from prosecutors, “why would a child lie?” Well, it turns out that children, perhaps even more so than adults, don’t really need a reason […]

Two cases that strike to the core of our criminal justice system. In one, a man seeks to protect to his girlfriend from liability for the tragic beating death of her young daughter. He delivers conflicting stories throughout the course of the investigation ultimately stunning the courtroom by claiming responsibility for the injuries himself in […]

A recent report prepared by a Superior Court Judge has found that 20 years after the Corrections and Conditional Release Act required it, the endorsements of Judges regarding prison classifications, treatment programs and other key information are still not being passed along to correctional authorities in the majority of cases. Justice Gans described the technology […]

The Globe and Mail, Saturday, October 23, 2004 By: Christie Blatchford It was yesterday during the sentencing hearing for a couple convicted in the aggravated assault of their seven-week-old son that the lawyer for the baby’s mother, Edward Prutschi, read aloud from a letter his client had written. In what turned out to be a document […]