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Reasonable Doubt: What you need to know about drones in Canada

Drones are a type of unmanned air vehicle (UAV).

Reasonable Doubt: Five things you need to know about fighting your traffic ticket

No one enjoys receiving a traffic ticket, particularly when it is undeserved. Fighting your ticket can be a challenge, depending on your level of familiarity with the process.

Reasonable Doubt: Six reasons eyewitness testimony may convict the innocent

Eyewitness evidence may be crucial to convicting criminals. However, according to past and recent studies, misidentification is the leading cause of wrongful convictions.

Reasonable Doubt: The Marco Muzzo case and an overview of sentencing in Canada

Modern-day punishment aims to be more rehabilitative (and is much less severe) than ancient forms involving death and torture. That’s why Marco Muzzo received a 10-year jail...

Reasonable Doubt: Drawbacks with DNA dragnets, Part 2

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Reasonable Doubt: The drawbacks with DNA dragnets

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Reasonable Doubt: The road to regulation for self-driving vehicles

Being able to zip around town in a vehicle you don’t have to drive will be possible sooner than you may think. Or will it?

Reasonable Doubt: Entrapment and trickery: when do police tactics go too far?

Let’s put the definition of entrapment into practice with some commonly used police tactics.

Reasonable Doubt: Recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions address cruel and unusual punishment

Over the past few years, Canada’s highest Court has rendered three judgments addressing cruel and unusual punishment.

Reasonable Doubt: Mr. Big on trial

Mr. Big operations pose too great a risk for wrongful convictions. Here’s why.