A call for a justice review of not-criminally-responsible defences
The minister of Justice and attorney general of Canada should launch an inquiry, including broad consultations, into understanding the impact that these paroles are having on public confidence in the legal system and the wisdom of allowing psychiatry to direct our legal system in this way.
OTTAWA—With disturbing regularity, criminal review boards are granting absolute discharges to some of Canada’s most heinous criminals on grounds that they cannot be held “responsible” for their actions. The confidence that these boards seemingly have in psychiatrists is surprising, and the r...
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