FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Scientific Method, Polygraph, Indictable Offence
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Ministry of community safety & correctional services: opp, office of the fire marshall, office of the chief coroner, ontario forensic pathology service, centre of forensic science. Ministry of attorney general: crown attorneys, court services division. Ontario court of justice: criminal law cases-judges only, criminal prelim cases, appeals from jp cases. Superior court of justice: criminal cases +/- jury, civil cases, appeals from ontario court. Laws: ontario legal system, common law system, system of rules based on precedent, flexible over time, parliament-generated laws, federal and provincial level, trumps common law. Subset of laws pertaining to a given act. Laws-examples: the criminal code of canada, most criminal offences in canada, rules governing criminal procedure, controlled drugs and substances act, youth criminal justice act. For relatively minor offences: tried by ontario court of justice judge (no jury, punishment less (max 6 months jail, do not have to provide fingerprints, e. g. Cause a disturbance: has a statue of limitations of 6 months.
