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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Blatchford, Christie.     Subjects     Justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- Canada.     Judicial power -- Canada.     Judges -- Canada.     Courts -- Canada.     Trials -- Canada -- Cases.     Newspaper court reporting -- Canada.     Law reporters -- Canada -- Anecdotes.     Women journalists -- Canada -- Anecdotes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Blatchford, Christie.       by title:      Life sentence : stor...       by call number:      347.71014 B644L     Search the Web     Blatchford, Christie.     Justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- Canada.     Judicial power -- Canada.     Judges -- Canada.     Courts -- Canada.     Trials -- Canada -- Cases.     Newspaper court reporting -- Canada.     Law reporters -- Canada -- Anecdotes.     Women journalists -- Canada -- Anecdotes.       MARC Display

Life sentence : stories from four decades of court reporting-- or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian justice system / Christie Blatchford. by Blatchford, Christie. Doubleday Canada, 2016. Call #: 347.71014 B644L Subjects Justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- Canada.   Judicial power -- Canada.   Judges -- Canada.   Courts -- Canada.   Trials -- Canada -- Cases.   Newspaper court reporting -- Canada.   Law reporters -- Canada -- Anecdotes.   Women journalists -- Canada -- Anecdotes. ISBN:  9780385667975 (hc.) Description:  376 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system and especially its judges. When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover as a newspaper reporter, little did she know she was also at the start of a self-imposed life sentence. She has been reporting from Canadian courtrooms for the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and the National Post ever since. Back in '78, she loved the courts, lawyers and judges, and that persisted for many years. But slowly, surely, she suffered a loss of faith. What happened? It was at the recent Mike Duffy trial she had the epiphany: That judges are the new senators, unelected, unaccountable and overly entitled. Yet unlike senators, they continue to get away with it because any questioning by government or its agents is deemed an intrusion onto judicial independence. Christie Blatchford revisits trials from throughout her career and asks the hard questions - about judges playing with the truth - through editing of criminal records, whitewashing of criminal records and pre-trial rulings that kick out evidence the jury can't hear. She discusses bad or troubled judges - how and why they get picked, and what can be done about them. And shows how judges are handmaidens to the state, as in the Bernardo trial when a small-town lawyer and an intellectual writer were pursued with more vigor than Karla Homolka. Christie Blatchford is also the author of Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us. She lives in Toronto"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 347.71014 B644L Adult books Checked out Jun 28, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 347.71014 B644L Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 347.71014 B644L Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 347.71014 B644L Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 347.71014 B644L Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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