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In reply to the discussion: Public defenders will represent Boston bomb suspect [View all]Leslie Valley
(310 posts)11. In Canada you don't have a right to legal counsel while being interrogated.
Police are winning the unceasing war over the rights of suspected criminals on a major battleground - the Supreme Court of Canada.
In a ruling full of friction between a bare majority of judges wanting to avoid hampering officers in their work and a minority fighting for the rights of the accused, the court said on Friday that while suspects have a right to consult a lawyer and to be informed of that right, they don't have a right to legal counsel while they are being interrogated.
In a ruling full of friction between a bare majority of judges wanting to avoid hampering officers in their work and a minority fighting for the rights of the accused, the court said on Friday that while suspects have a right to consult a lawyer and to be informed of that right, they don't have a right to legal counsel while they are being interrogated.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-right-to-counsel-during-interrogation-top-court/article1749557/
The ruling said that importing US-style Miranda Rights was not in the interests of Canada.
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Yeah, it wouldn't make sense to start the clock if he was unable to talk. nt
City Lights
Apr 2013
#13
for 50 mins only its an American national security thing- after 9/11 many new laws in 10 days .
Sunlei
Apr 2013
#5
In Canada you don't have a right to legal counsel while being interrogated.
Leslie Valley
Apr 2013
#11
I recall being assigned to the UK in the early 1980s. During our in-processing, base legal told
24601
Apr 2013
#32
ACLU reminds us that even in difficult times we must not waiver from a tried and true justice
midnight
Apr 2013
#28
I think that some publicity hound type defense attorney will end up taking the case.
olddad56
Apr 2013
#7