Fair Trial Rights

FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT

FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT

There are clear lines of demarcation between free speech and the criminal offences associated with inciting racial disharmony, or obscene behaviour. Parenthetically, the question of whether it is the role of the State to proscribe standards of obscenity might be left for another day.

MARIA EXPOSTO: SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BEING SCAMMED

MARIA EXPOSTO: SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BEING SCAMMED

Romance scammers target everyone, the person does not have to be single and looking for love, they can be married, separated, divorced, widowed, deaf, blind and disabled.  Victims can be correctional officers, scholars, military personnel, clergy, teachers, doctors, celebrities, nurses, cleaners… everyone is a potential victim of a scam.  If you have an online presence, you can be targeted by a scammer.  Romance scams are ever evolving, where new sites open and Wi-Fi is introduced to new countries, romance scammers will follow. 

THE IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS

THE IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS

In 2011, Christie Marceau was tragically killed. Akshay Chand was her killer. Chand was on bail when he killed her. Facts.

ISIS, THE RULE OF LAW & THE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ

ISIS, THE RULE OF LAW & THE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ

Iraq’s post-invasion government is attempting to ‘do justice’ behind a paper-thin rule of law. The clearest evidence of this is that courts are handing down death sentences after trials lasting only 10 minutes.