It is all too often that Canadian news headlines come with the additional detail of “on bail at the time of the offence”: Judge who released man later charged in cop’s death weighed Indigenous background 2 charged after police find ‘concerning and diverse’ explosives at Manitoba home Man released on bail multiple times re-arrested for home invasion, carjacking Londoner facing gun charge, out on bail, charged in vehicle theft Man released on bail immediately attempts… [read post]

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Introduction “Pray don’t be uneasy,” shouts the steward in one of Ivan Turgenev’s novellas, his voice carrying across the rising waves to a man in a boat, his little craft darting toward impending doom. [read post]