Crowded Ontario courts: Many charges for violent crimes withdrawn
On behalf of Neuberger & Partners LLP posted in violent crimes on Tuesday July 04, 2017.
In Ontario, nearly half of all criminal charges are withdrawn before trial. This rate outpaces every other part of Canada. A recent report suggests that screening police charges to assess whether they are frivolous charges or involve truly Violent Crimes could be the solution to this large number of withdrawals and long waits for trail across Ontario. Violent crimes as serious as murder have been thrown out by the Supreme Court on...
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