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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Today, more than 30 years after a gay sex s
Last year, Peter Wilson cleared B.C. Liberal MLA Kash Heed (above) of wrongdoing after a campaign-spending scandal. The B.C. government has appointed a new special prosecutor to offer advice to police investigating potential offences involving residents
The law seeks to advance the institution of monogamous marriage, a fundamental value in Western society from the earliest of times ... It seeks to protect against the many harms which are reasonably apprehended to arise out of the practice of polygamy.
A new special prosecutor has been appointed to look into allegations involving the religious commune of Bountiful, B.C. , but his mandate doesn't include considering charges of practising polygamy. Instead, Peter Wilson has been appointed to consider char
A new special prosecutor will be appointed to review allegations involving the religious commune of Bountiful, B.C. , as the province continues to weigh its response to a court decision that concluded Canada's polygamy law is constitutional. Richard Peck
VANCOUVER — B.C. Attorney General Shirley Bond said Monday that a new special prosecutor in the Bountiful polygamy case will be appointed after senior Vancouver lawyer Richard Peck decided he no longer wants to continue on the case. "I have been informed
Women in polygamous relationships are at an elevated risk of physical and psychological harm
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Has there ever been an age when Dickens’ famous opening sentence wasn’t appropriate? But somehow, 2011 seemed to embody the very best and worst scenarios for us. On the minus side, GOP presidential ca
The B.C. government is still considering whether to take last month’s B.C. Supreme Court ruling upholding Canada’s ban on polygamy to a higher court to give it more legal heft. Government lawyers are reviewing the judgment by Chief Justice Robert Bauman
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The law seeks to advance the institution of monogamous marriage, a fundamental value in Western society from the earliest of times ... It seeks to protect against the many harms which are reasonably apprehended to arise out of the practice of polygamy.
Women in polygamous relationships are at an elevated risk of physical and psychological harm
I urge you to consider and speak out to your constituencies concerning the critical importance of this issue, and, as members of the bar, to take whatever steps you can to defend and protect our judicial system
Our judicial system is one of the best in the world. But it is threatened, if not in peril
We are appreciative of that action, but observe that it never should have come to that
While tempting, it is no answer to this infirmity to say that we can rely on prosecutorial discretion and common sense to ensure that these victims will not be prosecuted
In my view, the salutary effects of the prohibition far outweigh the deleterious ... The law seeks to advance the institution of monogamous marriage, a fundamental value in Western society from the earliest of times. It seeks to protect against the many harms which are reasonably apprehended to arise ou...
I have concluded that this case is essentially about harm
is outweighed by its countervailing salutary effects
Regardless of Mr. Heed's inexperience in campaigning and his personal good faith in the conduct of his campaign, that campaign has apparently seen a serious breach of a critical provision in the Act
