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Author Archives: John McNeil
Wilcox challenge dismissed
Defence lawyers in the court martial of Cpl. Matthew Wilcox lost a second constitutional challenge Tuesday before continuing with a third challenge, this time to the jury selection process. [Full story]
Soldier accused of murder loses constitutional challenge
My stories summarizing the military court’s decisions in each constitutional challenge also ran across the country. This story dealing with the question of judicial independence appeared in the Montreal Gazette . [Full story]
N.S. court martial unconstitutional, lawyers argue
National Post My series of stories covering the court martial of a soldier charged in a shooting death in Afghanistan, and the ensuing constitutional challenges to Canada’s military justice system, ran in newspapers across the country. This story covering the opening day of proceedings ran in the National Post. [Full story]
Officer in RCMP shooting may have felt his life was in danger
In the wake of a fatal shooting on the Wagmatcook First Nation in Cape Breton in 2008, I interviewed the deceased’s widow, who described the chaotic scene at the time of the shooting. From the Cape Breton Post [Full story]
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