Making sure those who experience the biggest impacts of crime have the support they need would do a lot to speed up the wheels of justice, says the federal ombudsman for victims of crime.
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has counted at least 184 people — involving 200 cases — who faced charges for offences related to HIV non-disclosure in Canada between 1989 and 2016.
All players in the justice system need to do their part to target the "root causes" of unnecessary trial delays, the Supreme Court of Canada said on Friday, June 16, 2017.
The federal Liberals came to power promising sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system, but now the provinces are championing some ideas of their own for cutting backlogs in the courts.