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Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Police provide answers, but justice may still be elusive in solved cold cases

Technological advances in the world of forensic criminal investigations means that no offender, no matter how long they have escaped justice, is safe...

24.05.2024 10

Edmonton Sun

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MARTIN: Police provide answers, but justice may still be elusive in solved cold cases

While it must be a relief for the surviving relatives of four Calgary females brutally murdered by a serial sex offender nearly a half-century ago, it...

23.05.2024 20

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Police provide answers, but justice may still be elusive in solved cold cases

23.05.2024 20

Calgary Sun

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Martin: Inviting the jury to ignore the law is not OK

Despite the ultimate finding of guilt against their clients, it would seem the lawyers for three men accused of helping to lead the Coutts border...

10.05.2024 20

Edmonton Sun

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Martin: Inviting the jury to ignore the law is not OK

While juries are entitled to ignore the law for whatever reason they choose, they should never be invited to do so You can save this article by...

09.05.2024 20

Winnipeg Sun

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Martin: Inviting the jury to ignore the law is not OK

09.05.2024 30

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Court of public opinion notoriously unreliable

The problem with Doug Ford's comments, and similar ones often made in that so-called court of public opinion, is they fly in the face of the known...

25.04.2024 10

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Court of public opinion notoriously unreliable

25.04.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Michigan shooting case stark reminder of parental responsibilities

11.04.2024 30

Edmonton Sun

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MARTIN: Michigan shooting case stark reminder of parental responsibilities

Jennifer and James Crumbley were the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting committed by their child You can save this article by...

11.04.2024 7

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Michigan shooting case stark reminder of parental responsibilities

11.04.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Legal landscape surrounding cases of shaken babies may have to be updated

Parenting can be terribly frustrating but that doesn’t justify such conduct and maybe, in the future, will result in murder convictions You can save...

28.03.2024 8

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Legal landscape surrounding cases of shaken babies may have to be updated

28.03.2024 8

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Court has questions to answer on Medical Assistance in Dying

On its face, it would seem like a no-brainer. A 27-year-old Calgary woman suffering from a medical condition she no longer finds bearable decides...

15.03.2024 5

Edmonton Sun

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MARTIN: Court has questions to answer on Medical Assistance in Dying

14.03.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Court has questions to answer on Medical Assistance in Dying

In this case, the father’s lawyer does raise some concerning issues about the MAiD concept in general in Alberta On its face, it would seem like a...

14.03.2024 9

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Online harms bill aims to give law teeth to fight new types of bogeymen

We all grew up to some extent fearing the mythical bogeyman who hid beneath our beds, or in our bedroom closet ready to pounce when we were most...

01.03.2024 5

Edmonton Sun

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MARTIN: Online harms bill aims to give law teeth to fight new types of bogeymen

The question now is does the legislation go far enough to protect the most vulnerable members of Canadian society We all grew up to some extent...

29.02.2024 6

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Grieving father's words offer poignant reminder of potential consequences

15.02.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Grieving father's words offer poignant reminder of potential consequences

'When I reached my destination the image of our lifeless daughter completely shattered me,' wrote Helen Villalta-Vuong's father, Carlos Villalta...

15.02.2024 7

Winnipeg Sun

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Martin: Accused serial rapist firing lawyer mid-trial not a big surprise

But it is hard to accept the explanation Richard Mnatha offered the judge as being wholly accurate It’s not uncommon for a person facing criminal...

02.02.2024 10

Winnipeg Sun

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Martin: Accused serial rapist firing lawyer mid-trial not a big surprise

02.02.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Blaming justice system knee-jerk reaction in wake of tragedy outside Calgary school

What the authorities should be focusing on in this case is how to prevent similar tragedies in the future It is, perhaps, a parent’s worst...

19.01.2024 10

Winnipeg Sun

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MARTIN: Blaming justice system knee-jerk reaction in wake of tragedy outside Calgary school

19.01.2024 10

Calgary Sun

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Martin: Decades-old murder happened, no matter how the murderer remembers it

Stephane Parent’s revisionist history doesn’t fit with the facts of the case You have to give convicted Calgary murderer Stephane Parent an A for...

21.12.2023 20

Winnipeg Sun

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Martin: Decades-old murder happened, no matter how the murderer remembers it

21.12.2023 10

Calgary Sun

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MARTIN: Convicted killer's tale quickly unraveled in court

Convicted double-murderer Leonard Cochrane almost came up with a compelling story to explain how his DNA ended up at the scene where two Calgary men...

07.12.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

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MARTIN: Convicted killer's tale quickly unraveled in court

07.12.2023 20

Calgary Sun

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