Show Notes
Criminal lawyers Melanie Webb and Daniel Lerner take on some of the key questions raised by Ottawa’s new bail and sentencing legislation: Do reverse onuses matter? Will the new bill aggravate court delays? And why is stealing from Walmart worse than stealing a stranger’s purse?
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