Steven Penney

Professor @UAlbertaLaw ~ criminal law & procedure & evidence (and other stuff) ~ co-author of Criminal Procedure in Canada, 3d ed (LexisNexis, 2022)

[Runnymede Society @RunnymedeSoc]

🚨 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT – BRIGHT LINES OR BLURRED STANDARDS? POLICE POWERS AND THE CHARTER 🚨

Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Alberta Chapter for an engaging discussion on police powers and the Charter with Prof. Steven Penney @Steven_Penney (Alberta) next Wednesday, November 26th!

Police powers have increasingly become the domain of judges rather than legislators, but has judicial discretion gone too far? Prof. Penney will explore how the Supreme Court of Canada’s reliance on open-ended standards, like “totality of the circumstances,” might undermine legal clarity, predictability, and fairness. He argues instead for a rules-based approach that provides officers with clear guidance, litigants with reliable expectations, and courts with a consistent framework.

Register by scanning the QR code or clicking here: https://t.co/WGDJMduf32

[Rob Breakenridge @RobBreakenridge]

Despite last week's Supreme Court decision, there's still a path for Ottawa to restore something close to a mandatory minimum sentence, argues @Steven_Penney
📺FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/Igav919Hil

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

New piece from me in the NP: This simple fix will keep child porn minimum sentences without Sec. 33 | National Post https://t.co/Cw2syVfMQc

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

I was incredibly privileged to clerk for the Hon. Gérard V. La Forest, who died last week at the age of 99. You can see my tribute to him here: https://t.co/pVS1r5bB8L

[The Hub @TheHubCanada]

ICYMI: @Steven_Penney: Four ways Poilievre can make ‘stop the crime’ more than a slogan

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Full article here: https://t.co/BNTHsKP9Lx

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

New piece from me in @TheHubCanada.

[The Hub @TheHubCanada]

.@Steven_Penney: Four ways Poilievre can make ‘stop the crime’ more than a slogan

FREE 3-month Hub subscription: https://t.co/B8hoCnqVCh

Full article here: https://t.co/BNTHsKP9Lx

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

To call the reasoning in this decision abstruse would be an understatement. It should (hopefully) be overturned on appeal. But it would not have existed but for the SCC's gonzo decision in Bissonnette, which I criticize here: https://t.co/jJAsFUefYE

[Chris Selley @cselley]

I am ... very confused.

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

New article co-authored with @petersankoff & @NicolePecharsky. The gist: prior inconsistent statements are not truly hearsay and should be presumptively admissible. https://t.co/rUhzJ0nXT4

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@thomaschattwill @matsimum It is 100 percent a slice backhand.

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@MarkPMancini Thanks Mark!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@ppreville Correct take.

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

It was a true privilege to interview and moderate a discussion on free speech with the great Nadine Strossen today. Thanks to @Liberal_Studies and the @RunnymedeSoc @UAlbertaLaw chapter for sponsoring!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@petersankoff It's missing an "f" (and has an extra "a").

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@petersankoff Super fun -- many thanks to an engaged audience. Sorry for going into overtime!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@CamdenHutchison Excellent piece Cam!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@ProfSankoffsCDE @petersankoff Looking forward to it -- always a fun time!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@petersankoff So awful.

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@petersankoff Awesome -- kudos Peter!

[Steven Penney @Steven_Penney]

@OrinKerr A modernist in every respect.