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@TorontoStar courts and justice reporter. Don't get mad, get everything. Get in touch: [email protected].
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Joined March 2011
Justice Mary Hogan recently retired from the Ontario Court of Justice after more than 30 years on the bench. Nicknamed "St Mary," I spoke with her about challenges facing the justice system, and her concern that the court is going backwards. @torontostar
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In bodycam video, cops tell Toronto woman she’s ‘instigating’ ex’s threats. She was shot dead three days later via @torontostar
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Elvie Sig-Od reported her ex's threats to police. Now she and her daughter are dead — and he's guilty of murder via @torontostar
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‘Gabriel will never fall in love’: Court hears mom’s pain at sentencing for ‘violent, callous’ TTC killer via @torontostar
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‘She just wanted to feel safe’: Toronto woman reported death threats to police three days before her killing, murder trial hears via @torontostar
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Man who gave friend a half-gram of tainted cocaine avoids jail in fatal Toronto fentanyl overdose via @torontostar
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‘My anger exploded’: Man testifies he was too angry to remember killing wife and daughter in broad daylight via @torontostar
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Hamilton judge who wore MAGA hat to court gets slapped down over his poorly written rulings via @torontostar
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Woman was stabbed 15 times by partner who barricaded himself inside shelter room, Toronto murder trial hears via @torontostar
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Toronto shooting case tossed over ‘inaction’ of Crown prosecutor, since appointed Ontario judge via @torontostar
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‘It's my plan to kill you’: Markham mom told police on video about her ex’s death threats. He killed her and their daughter two years later via @torontostar
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Jarryl Hagley’s family will likely never know who shot the 17-year-old boy to death for no reason inside a Toronto Pizza Pizza in 2016. Identical twins plead guilty in teen’s random killing, are sentenced to time-served via @torontostar
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'I killed her because she cheated on me': Man accused of killing ex-wife and daughter confessed to her, eyewitness testifies via @torontostar
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‘He was just stabbing, stabbing, stabbing’: Witness tells of chaotic, bloody roadside scene during deadly attacks on ex-wife and daughter of man on trial for first-degree murder via @torontostar
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It was also the last case for Justice Michael Code, who retires from the bench after having handled a number of high-profile trials for almost 16 years. “We may never see your like again.” @TorontoStar
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Toronto man who fatally stabbed parents and blamed brother to undergo psychiatric assessment via @torontostar
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Referring to an “ongoing epidemic” of car theft in Ontario, two judges have signaled that the courts want to hand down tougher sentences — beyond what’s being proposed by the prosecution and defence. via @torontostar
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"It remains unsettling that he was brought to trial in this manner." Toronto judge critiques prosecution of teen in sex-worker assault despite DNA evidence via @torontostar
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'It didn't go according to plan': Former co-accused testifies that alleged kidnapper confessed about abduction of 14-year-old boy via @torontostar
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Exclusive: She was sexually assaulted inside CAMH’s ‘secure’ waiting room. Video reveals it took 90 seconds for staff to intervene via @torontostar
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