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A rape shield law doesn’t stop rape (or sexual assault, the more correct legal term), but rather is designed to screen questions that the... READ MORE

A conditional sentence is a sentence of house arrest that takes place at home rather than in a real jail. READ MORE

A conditional sentence is a jail sentence which is served not in jail, but at home, or, to use the more formal expression, “in the community”. READ MORE

For hundreds of years, an individual has had the right in serious cases to be tried by a “jury of his peers”. READ MORE

Sexual assault, along with drinking and driving and domestic violence, all have something in common: they are all considered “zero tolerance”... READ MORE

Back in the dark days of Stephen Harper’s “law and order” politics, the government introduced several laws designed to punish and label... READ MORE