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Alone and cold criminal justice branch response : the Davies Commission inquiry into the response of the Criminal Justice Branch
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- ISBN: 9780772663795 (print)
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1 electronic text (178 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Davies Commission, [2011]
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| General Note: | "May 19, 2011." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Letter of transmittal -- Part 1. Overview and executive summary. A. Overview; B. Executive summary; C. Summary of recommendations -- Part 2. The commission of inquiry. A. The Commission; B. The judicial decision; C. Evidentiary hearings; D. Policy issues; E. The inquiry's report -- Part 3. The Criminal Justice Branch's response to Mr. Paul's death. A. Witnesses called by Commission Council; B. Organization of the Criminal Justice Branch; C. The charge assessment process; D. The charge assessments in the Frank Paul case -- Part 4. Positions of the participants. A. Introduction; B. Commission counsel; C. The Paul family, First Nations summit, Union of BC Indian chiefs, and BC Assembly of First Nations; D. Vancouver Police Department and Vancouver Police Board; E. Don Morrison, former Polilc Complaint Commissioner; F. United Native Nations Society; G. BC Civil Liberties Association; H. Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of Attorney General -- Part 5. Branch's response. A. The importance of integrity to public confidence in the prosecutorial system; B. Were the branch lawyers subject to internal or external pressures?; C. Did the branch lawyers examine the evidence in a fair, independent, and objective manner?; D. The difficulty of the charge assessments in this case; E. Conclusion on the integrity of the Branch's response -- Part 6. Charge assessments in conflict of interest situations. A. Introduction; B. Current policy and procedure; C. The practice in other Canadian jurisdictions; D. Discussion -- Part 7. Proposed reforms of branch policies. A. Introduction; B. Inadequate or incomplete reports to crown counsel; C. Criminal offences considered by the prosecutors; D. Legal research undertaken by the prosecutors; E. Charging standard applied; F. Communications between prosecutors and others; G. Timeliness of the charging decisions; H. The reconsideration of charge assessments; I. Notification of the victim's family; J. The branch's media release; K. First Nations cultural awareness; L. Ancillary issues -- List of tab |
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