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crime

Justice

Et tu, Applebaum?

June 17, 2013October 8, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

Montreal’s incumbent mayor joins the lengthy list of politicians charged by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad

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Justice

The Collector

May 22, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Lisa Fitterman

Retired bagman Roger Desbois takes his turn in the Charbonneau Commission’s hot seat

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Justice

Gangland, QC

May 9, 2013January 18, 2019 - by Lisa Fitterman

As the Charbonneau Commission probes deeper into corruption in Quebec, police arrest former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt and thirty-six others

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Illustration by Adrienne Kammerer
Justice

Under Fire

April 29, 2013August 2, 2020 - by Julian Sher

Junk science in the courts

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Illustration by Adrienne Kammerer
May 2013

Trials and Error

April 29, 2013September 9, 2020 - by Julian Sher

Bad forensic evidence and junk science continue to send innocent people to jail

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Photograph by Benoit Aquin
May 2013

The Avenger

April 15, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Lisa Fitterman

Justice France Charbonneau is the steely calm at the helm of Quebec’s corruption inquiry

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Illustration by Niall McClelland
January/February 2013

Rough Justice

January 24, 2013May 29, 2020 - by Daniel Baird

Locking up offenders does little to prevent crime or make us safer. The history behind our impulse to punish

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Arts & Culture / June 2012

Editor’s Note

June 1, 2012April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

However much we may admire the United States, there are American practices Canadians choose not to emulate. No recent event illustrates the point more clearly than the shooting of a …

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June 2011 / Media

Editor’s Note

June 12, 2011April 15, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

Crime rates have been declining in Canada for decades, as a result of demographics rather than policy initiatives. Here, as in other countries, most crimes are committed by young men, …

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Photograph by Derek Shapton
June 2011

How Immigration Helps to Lower Crime Rates

June 12, 2011April 15, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Canada’s crime rate is dropping as immigration increases. Is there a connection?

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