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                KITCHENER — In an unusual move, the Crown has withdrawn perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Toronto defence lawyer Leora Shemesh ...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