UncategorizedThe ACLU’s bid to save the Canadian on Death RowChallenge to protocol means Albertan could die of old age before constitutionality of capital punishment is decided
Ottawa’I disagree with proponents of capital punishment for many practical and legal reasons’Conservative backbencher Brent Rathgeber explains why he opposes the death penalty. Stephen Harper said last year he believes...
OttawaForeign justiceThe Justice Minister’s decision to order the extradition of Hassan Diab is a source of concern . Meanwhile, interim Liberal leader...
OttawaHow to spinLast week, the NDP criticized Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu after Mr. Boisvenu suggested convicted murders be given...
OttawaBoisvenu on convicted murderers: give them a ropeThe Conservative senator seemingly has some ideas on reducing prison expenses
UncategorizedStanding idle on foreign executions: yes we canCanadian murderer Ronald Allen Smith is entitled to the benefit of a written, objective government policy concerning his situation
OttawaReading Wolf Hall and the morning paperI happened to stay up late last night to finish the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall , in which novelist Hilary Mantel imagines...
UncategorizedOn truth in $enten¢ingThe debate over the net costs of the government’s Truth in Sentencing bill is of the kind that makes me want to throw up my hands...