The Supreme Court of Canada has modified the common-law test for the warrantless search permitted when the police are executing a lawful arrest inside a person’s home.

Sentencing must consider mental health issues, trauma, and the potential side effects of imprisonment, the Ontario Court of Appeal stated in a recent judgment.

In June 2021, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams took the unusual step of issuing an apology to Kaliegh Smith, who spent nearly 14 years behind bars for the fatal shooting of Jason Anderson—a crime Smith contends he did not commit.

In early December, while Elizabeth Holmes was testifying in her own defense in the most heavily covered white-collar criminal trial in recent memory, an entirely different criminal proceeding involving the health-care industry was taking place across the country.

A veteran Toronto homicide detective has admitted to obstructing justice and stealing drugs from two active homicide cases, according to courtroom testimony and police records reviewed by CBC News. Retired detective Paul Worden's Ontario actions and admissions affected other ongoing criminal proceedings.

In 2019, the Liberal government passed legislation banning peremptory challenges – a move that allows lawyers to reject a potential juror without giving any explanation. The following year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the legislation ruling it constitutional.

In 2019, the Liberal government passed legislation banning peremptory challenges – a move that allows lawyers to reject a potential juror without giving any explanation. The following year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the legislation ruling it constitutional.

Robert Durst, the eccentric millionaire subject of the HBO crime documentary "The Jinx," testified in his own defence Monday as he stands trial for murder in the 2000 killing of his close friend and confidante Susan Berman.

A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum federal were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014.

York police first unveiled the details of their investigation back in September at a news conference in Markham, Ont., in front of the gates of the 20,000-sq.-ft. estate.