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The Legault government says its tackling long judicial delays in the Court of Quebecs Youth Division.

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Amélie Rivard prosecuted a man who bought a child as a sex slave. Anne-Marie Manoukian was on the team that prosecuted SNC exec Sami Bebawi.

One judge assigned to Quebec district and the other four to Montreal district

A Gatineau, Que., man who pleaded guilty to strangling, threatening and assaulting his partner received a conditional discharge and no criminal record. The decision has surprised and discouraged some who work to end domestic violence.

The Quebec government is asking the Court of Appeal to rule on a decision by the Court of Quebec to have its Criminal and Penal Division judges sit every other day instead of every third day.

Sir Kim Workman The Waikeria Prison situation brings back painful memories of my own. Between 1990 and 1993, as operational head of prisons in the then Department of Justice, I attempted to implement a reform strategy known as He Ara Hou (A New Way). (File image). Photo: Unsplash / Matthew Ansley In 2019, the government committed to Hokai Rangi a visionary strategy to transform the prison system. He Ara Hou failed and closed down at the end of 1993 - Hokai Rangi has yet to succeed. There are l...