Crown drops retrial of man originally convicted of murder
Insufficient evidence cited in case of Gerald Bernard Klassen, who was found guilty in 1995
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Insufficient evidence cited in case of Gerald Bernard Klassen, who was found guilty in 1995
The data shows Crown Counsel asked for pretrial detention in roughly half the bail hearings they conducted for crimes of violence involving an accused who was already on bail
The mayor of Nanaimo, a city struggling with the actions of a few prolific offenders, says judges and prosecutors can’t fix this problem on their own
A Syrian American man has filed a civil lawsuit in the US against the government of Syria for allegedly detaining and torturing him in 2012. Obada Mzaik was 22 years old when he was arrested at the Damascus airport.
Obada Mzaik filed a federal lawsuit against the Syrian government over torture he says he endured during his three-week detention in 2012.