While this might sound expensive it is pennies when compared to the expense of killing a criminal. ... In the last hundred years there have been more than 75 documented cases of wrongful conviction of criminal homicide. ... By working, the criminal inadvertently "pays back" society and also their victim's family. There is no reason for the criminal to receive compensation for his work. ... One of the most well known examples of the criminal contributing to the betterment of society is the case of Leopold and Loeb. ...

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This new philosophy has effectively opened another avenue of defence, as a result applications for the exclusion of evidence have become commonplace in Canadian criminal proceedings. ... The immediate objective of the exclusionary remedy is to prevent the administration from being brought into "further disrepute" through the admission of improperly obtained evidence which would deprive the accused of a fair trial or have the effect of giving judicial condonation to unacceptable police or prosecutorial conduct.10 The overall or longterm objectives in applying s-s. 24(2) are the preservation of...

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Should physical or mental illness comprise a paralegal fitness to practice, causing that paralegal to commit an act (s) that is in direct violation to this Model Code/ Model Rules and or the rules governing the jurisdiction which the paralegal practices, that paralegal maybe protected from sanctions upon review of the nature and extent of the illness. ... If and only if a paralegal possesses knowledge of future criminal activity that knowledge must be reported to the appropriate authorities immediatley. ...

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