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There has been recent controversy around Canada’s regulations on time spent in jail before trial and how it is credited, also known as pretrial imprisonment credit.

A serious misconduct of trial has resulted for an Ontario-based judge ordering the Crown to fork over $580,000 in court costs. The misconduct resulted in the mistrial of three suspects in a violent Brampton kidnapping.

New reports on crime data show that while the tough-on-crime era is winding down in the United States, it is just beginning in Canada.