Life Sentence: Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- Or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice Syst, (Paperback)

from BrianEWilliams

The story lies somewhere between a good vent about the criminal justice system and a rant about it. Ms. Blatchford makes some good points about a lack of transparency in holding judges to account, their privileged lives protected to allow "judicial independence" (according to her even incompetenc...

from ElizaJane

This is the first time I've read a book like this, about the law so I don't feel up to reviewing it competently. However, I found it to be an excellent piece of writing. Entirely eye-opening and thought-provoking. The Canadian justice system is a wreck. People are convicted in the press. Victims ...

from ElizaJane

This is the first time I've read a book like this, about the law so I don't feel up to reviewing it competently. However, I found it to be an excellent piece of writing. Entirely eye-opening and thought-provoking. The Canadian justice system is a wreck. People are convicted in the press. Victims ...