Tag: bail,

Bail, guarantee for the innocent

TORONTO – Reforming Canada’s “bail policy” to keep hardened offenders in jail will not only fail to reduce crime, but will increase the risk of innocent people being jailed, criminologists and experts argue, criticizing the conservative leader’s stance Pierre Poilievre, author of the call to change the “bail policy” after the case of 25-year-old Randall McKenzie, accused of the murder of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer Greg Pierzchala, killed in late December: McKenzie was free on bail and had failed to appear at the last court hearing where he was on trial for previous offences.  (more…)

Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich violates bail, arrested

OTTAWA – Tamara Lich, one of the main organizers of the “Freedom Convoy”, was arrested in Alberta for violating the conditions for her bail set by the court. This is what the Ottawa police say. The arrest was confirmed by Eric Granger, one of his lawyers who said he was awaiting further details. Keith Wilson, another lawyer who defended Lich posted on Twitter that “the heroine of the Freedom Convoy” was stopped by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she lives. 

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