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TORONTO LAWYER CLEARED OF PERJURY, OBSTRUCTION CHARGES AFTER DEFENCE ...

Posted by Toronto Star on 28 June 2018
TORONTO LAWYER CLEARED OF PERJURY, OBSTRUCTION CHARGES AFTER DEFENCE ...
KITCHENER — In an unusual move, the Crown has withdrawn perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Toronto defence lawyer Leora Shemesh ...
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JUDGE ACQUITS TORONTO COOK, RULING POLICE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE

Posted by The Star on 13 March 2013
JUDGE ACQUITS TORONTO COOK, RULING POLICE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE
A judge has stayed impaired driving, assault to resist arrest and other charges against a Toronto cook, ruling police used excessive force and seemed “indifferent to the truth”
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FORCING BRA REMOVAL VIOLATED WOMAN'S CHARTER RIGHTS: JUDGE

Posted by Toronto Sun on 13 February 2013
FORCING BRA REMOVAL VIOLATED WOMAN'S CHARTER RIGHTS: JUDGE
TORONTO - A woman accused of drunk driving had her Charter rights violated when police forced her to remove her underwire bra, a Superior Court judge ruled.
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JUDGE FINDS WOMAN ORDERED TO REMOVE HER BRA BY YORK POLICE WAS ...

Posted by The Star on 13 February 2013
JUDGE FINDS WOMAN ORDERED TO REMOVE HER BRA BY YORK POLICE WAS ...
A judge has criticized an unwritten York Regional Police safety policy requiring women suspects to remove their underwire bras while they’re detained in police cells.
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DEFENCE LAWYER ALLEGES TORONTO OFFICERS DIVERTED 7 KILOS OF METH INTO ...

Posted by The Star on 11 February 2013
DEFENCE LAWYER ALLEGES TORONTO OFFICERS DIVERTED 7 KILOS OF METH INTO ...
Why would a drug dealer leave seven kilos of methamphetamine, worth $300,000, sitting on the back seat of his car overnight in a downtown Toronto parking lot ...
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MEET LEORA SHEMESH: THE POLICE FORCE’S ENEMY NO. 1 IN COURT

Posted by The Star on 17 February 2012
MEET LEORA SHEMESH: THE POLICE FORCE’S ENEMY NO. 1 IN COURT

For some police officers and Crown attorneys in the Greater Toronto Region, defence lawyer Leora Shemesh is public enemy No. 1. She has built a reputation ...

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JUDGE BLASTS PEEL POLICE OFFICERS IN COCAINE CASE

Posted by The Globe & Mail on 11 February 2012
JUDGE BLASTS PEEL POLICE OFFICERS IN COCAINE CASE
A group of Peel Regional police officers "essentially colluded and then committed perjury en masse," in their handling of a drug case that began more than two years ago ...
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PEEL DRUG COPS TOLD CALCULATED LIES IN COURT, JUDGE SAYS

Posted by The Star on 10 February 2012
PEEL DRUG COPS TOLD CALCULATED LIES IN COURT, JUDGE SAYS
Peel Region Police say they are conducting an internal investigation after a judge’s damning words about the “reprehensible” conduct of members of their drug squad.
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JUROR ALLEGES SHE WAS COERCED INTO MURDER VERDICT IN CHRISTOPHER ...

Posted by The Star on 15 January 2012
JUROR ALLEGES SHE WAS COERCED INTO MURDER VERDICT IN CHRISTOPHER ...
A lawyer is taking the relatively rare step Monday of asking a judge to investigate a woman’s claims she was coerced by fellow jurors into convicting a man of ...
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