Ryan Marshall

Law school graduate. LL.M. candidate. Part-time Zamboni driver. Full-time coffee user.

[Public Safety Canada @Safety_Canada]

1/3 Min. Mendicino announces the #GoC is reducing the cost of applying for a #RecordSuspension (#pardon) from $657.77 to $50. The change occurs Jan 1, 2022. Learn more: https://t.co/cLuqlKXRC7

[Sean Fine @SeanFineGlobe]

Supreme Court’s fall clean-up: Nearly 40 years after Charter’s birth, judges must settle old questions again /via @globeandmail https://t.co/laUCq8sCna

[Sentencing and Parole Project (SPP) @SPProject_]

We view this national commitment as a major breakthrough to address systemic racism. The preparation of EPSRs & a national legal education program for justice system registrants will hopefully reduce the reliance on incarceration and advance rehabilitation for racialized people.

[Peter Sankoff @petersankoff]

Hey #lawtwitter - breaking news from Alberta. Decision not yet available online, but Alta CA in R v Brown has upheld s 33.1 of the Code, disagreeing with Sullivan. SCC gets its chance at this in October.

[Daniel Brown @DanielBrownLaw]

Some fantastic news today from @MinJusticeEn. Reforms are coming to Pardons/Record Suspensions which will reduce wait periods for obtaining a pardon to three years for summary offences and five years for indictable offences. https://t.co/OEq1rAIyIx

[Justice Canada @JusticeCanadaEN]

Today the #GC announced an important next step toward the creation of an independent Criminal Case Review Commission for potentially wrongfully convicted individuals.

[Daniel Goldbloom @danielgoldbloom]

MUST-READ FOR CRIMINAL LAYWYERS: @ONCA_en ruled today that placing seriously mental ill prisoners in solitary confinement for *any* amount of time violates their Charter Rights. This. Is. Huge. Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197 https://t.co/Xhzt7u6MlJ

[Chris Sewrattan @SewrattanLaw]

The Supreme Court is going to consider the starting point approach in sentencing: R v Felix, 2019 ABCA 458

[Senate of Canada @SenateCA]

Senators are now discussing Senator @KPateontheHill's Bill #S207 at second reading in the Senate: https://t.co/2Fsn5SP3ny #SenCA #cdnpoli

[The Oregonian @Oregonian]

Oregon made history Tuesday in the movement to reconsider the nation’s war on drugs by becoming the first state to decriminalize small amounts of heroin and other street drugs.

https://t.co/ZCnPREQMG0

[Tom Slade @thomasslade]

5-judge panel unanimously allows Riley appeal from the bench for reasons of Scanlan J.A. of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. Convictions quashed, new trial ordered. Great work from @NSLegalAid

[Ryan Marshall @lawstudent_RM]

R. v. Randhawa, 2020 ONCA 668: Fresh evidence indicating remarkable + continued rehabilitative efforts re: #addiction & #mentalhealth of a youthful first-time offender admitted.

No societal benefit from incarceration on the facts. Sentence appeal allowed. https://t.co/fJ4njl4hRY

[Sean Fine @SeanFineGlobe]

Also breaking: Ont Sup Ct Justice Lorne Sossin ruled that Canada and Ontario student loans discriminated against a disabled student by not recognizing that disabled students may take longer to complete studies, which drives the interest costs up.

[Michael Lacy @crimlacy]

Another Norhdeimer J.A. dissent, another case headed toward Ottawa on search and seizure: https://t.co/Lgqa7GZBx4

[Tom Cardoso @tom_cardoso]

Bias behind bars: Risk assessments are used by the Correctional Service of Canada to place, treat and release federal inmates. But, as our two-year investigation found, they're also biased against Black and Indigenous people https://t.co/Kko50XdIC1 #cdnpoli

[Legal Aid Ontario @LegalAidOntario]

Legal aid clinics in Ontario are still open for business and here to help people with their legal problems. Check our website to find out your nearest clinic and give them a call.

https://t.co/RrqP5fzcN3

[Chris Sewrattan @SewrattanLaw]

R. v. J.A., 2020 ONCA 660: The governing bail case on COVID-19's impact, particularly for a bail review.
https://t.co/zLyAXNbSDw

[Ryan Marshall @lawstudent_RM]

Did you know more people are held in custody awaiting a bail hearing or trial than in custody as a result of a criminal conviction in our country.

Did you also know that our #Charter guarantees these same people a right not to be denied reasonable bail & to be presumed innocent.

[The Legal Writers Collective @Law_Collective]

Did you know, if bail is refused, the impact on detainees can be profound. Those denied bail are held in maximum-security facilities, where personal searches, overcrowding, and lengthy lockdowns are common.

[Victoria Gibson @_VictoriaGibson]

Judge slams Ontario for still detaining man in psychiatric hospital six years after he was deemed fit to leave, by @alysanmati for @TorontoStar https://t.co/ewJQlq0yB2