Publications
Jacob Stilman’s Posts on AdvocateDaily.com:
SCC decision in R. v. Steele: another threshold gone
By Jacob Stilman
Dangerous offender provisions already provide public protection
By Jacob Stilman . The horrific case in British Columbia of 17-year-old Serena Vermeesch – Raymond Caissie, who had recently been released from prison after completing a 22-year sentence for a 1991 rape/abduction, is charged with her murder – has precipitated calls for additional measures for the protection for the public against high-risk offenders.
A client’s story that yields many lessons
By Jacob Stilman Professional de…
Implement police training before Tasers, body cams
By Jacob Stilman
SCC rules police need warrants to find Internet child porn users
Rob Ford friend faces trial on drug charges next year
TORONTO – Rob Ford’s infamous “crack video” likely won’t come out in court until well after the municipal election, as preliminary inquiry and trial dates for his friend Alexander Lisi have been set for next year.
Medical marijuana regulation raises issue of cost
By Jacob Stilman
Man who beheaded bus passenger may get unescorted passes
WINNIPEG – A man who beheaded and then ate parts of a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus almost six years ago might soon be granted unescorted day trips outside his mental hospital.
Full-time public defender system won’t work
When the legal aid system in Ontario became stressed two decades ago there was talk of replacing the certificate system…
Child porn law sometimes produces perverse results
By Jacob Stilman
Sex trade decision removes ‘Parliamentary supremacy’
By Jacob Stilman It is unlikely th…
Increased victim surcharges a tax on the poor
By Jacob Stilman We have seen this…
Police couldn’t sit on video evidence, fallout is all political
By Jacob Stilman The admission by Rob Ford of cons…
No cost too high to train prison staff to help disturbed inmates
By Jacob Stilman The recent
Breathalyzer disclosure decision puts pressure on Crown
The decision by an Ontario Court of Justice recommending the Crown disclose inspection and maintenance logs for breathal…
