Rough Justice
Locking up offenders does little to prevent crime or make us safer. The history behind our impulse to punish
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The Harper Doctrine: Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal
Liberal and Conservatives have agreed that our criminal justice system should rehabilitate offenders—until now
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In March 2010, Marian Botsford Fraser wrote an article for The Walrus about an aboriginal woman named Renée Acoby whose troubles began when, shortly after her birth, her father murdered …
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On the Margins of Freedom
An essay by a Canadian convicted of murder
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Does Canada’s Penal System Create Dangerous Offenders?
Only two women have been labelled dangerous offenders in Canada. Could Renée Acoby be the third?
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The Lynching of Louie Sam
In 1884, an American mob brought frontier justice to the Canadian border. Their deed echoes to this day
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The Wrong Man in the Right Place
Vancouver homicide cops confront wrongful conviction
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The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay
Omar Khadr has been held incommunicado by the United States for almost two years. He could be a terrorist, but without due process we may never know
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Lost in La Paz
In Bolivia, where the past, present, and future collide, nothing – not even prison – is as it seems
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