The Director of Public prosecutions has argued that three men received unduly lenient sentences after a “targeted” and ...

A man has been handed a life sentence after he pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Limerick city over two years ago.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre renewed his promise to use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to restore consecutive life sentences for mass murderers. Enjoy the latest ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll ensure multiple-murderers die in jail by becoming the first Canadian prime ...

The man who was on multiple types of drugs when he struck and killed Trooper Aaron Pelletier on I-84 last May was sentenced ...

To get around that, Poilievre said he would use the notwithstanding clause, which allows the government to override some Charter rights for a limited time. No federal government has ever used the ...

“A sentence of imprisonment for life without a ... On Monday, when asked by reporters what else he might use the notwithstanding clause for, he said, “We will only use Section 33 to fight ...

Disgraced New York Rep. George Santos is looking at the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence, as federal prosecutors ...

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to use the notwithstanding clause to impose consecutive life sentences for multiple murders — a pledge one constitutional expert ...

A man on Alabama’s death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.” ...

The use of the notwithstanding clause has become ... (At the time, judges were allowed to string together two or more “consecutive” sentences.) Bissonnette appealed and in 2022 the Supreme ...

Known as the Richard “Mouse” Smith Compassionate Release Act, Senate Bill 10 would remove the Board of Parole from the sentence modification process, alongside additional circumstances in which an ...