Recently, we’ve seen waves of low-grade violence, chaos, and political upheaval in Western countries. Any society that refuses to enforce laws or treat the mentally ill should not be surprised when tragedy strikes. Liberal obstruction is high, but letting cannibals run amok eventually consumes the whole of society.
In 2005, at the age of 17, Michael Williams participated in the torturous murder of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte. He lured the girl from West Edmonton Mall to a golf course with four of his friends. A member of the group hit Courtepatte in the head with a wrench, knocking her to the ground; Williams and one of his companions then raped her as the others held her down. After further torture (including numerous cuts to the face), Williams and co. bludgeoned her in the head with a hammer until she died.
The man accused of what appears to be the random killing of a University of Toronto student should never have been out on the street.
But, once again, the Parole Board of Canada rolled the dice with our safety.
Two accused killers, one of them from Toronto, beat murder charges Friday after a judge in Ottawa found it took too long for them to go on trial. For the Ottawa defendant, it was the second time a murder case against him has collapsed over issues with the prosecution.
“It is most unfortunate that this double homicide and attempt murder case will not be tried on its merits,” Superior Court Justice Ian Carter said, reading his reasons for halting the prosecution. “The law is clear, however. The court has no choice. A stay of proceedings is the only remedy that can be granted.”
In the past year, a handful of sheriff’s departments in California have started refusing to respond to 911 calls that involve a mental health crisis, but where no crime has been reported.
In February, the Sacramento sheriff, Jim Cooper, announced that his deputies would only respond to mental health crises if a crime had been committed or was in process, or if someone other than the person in crisis was in imminent danger. Down in San Diego county, the police chief for the city of El Cajon, Jeremiah Larson, made a similar policy decision in May.
Sergio Hyland seemed like the perfect advocate. Calling himself a “fierce, relentless, implacable abolitionist,” determined to end incarceration in the United States, Hyland had spent more than two decades behind bars before joining Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party as an anti-prison organizer. His criminal record only burnished his credentials: he had pled guilty to the 2001 killing of a 15-year-old and was later charged in connection with another homicide in 2002. Once he got out of prison in 2022, Hyland launched a website offering “speaking engagements” and “harm/de-escalation tactics” training, and he frequently appeared alongside Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor, Larry Krasner. The two even shared a news release in April 2025 announcing the Working Families Party’s endorsement of Krasner, which the prosecutor was “honored to accept.” A week later, Hyland was arrested for murdering a 30-year-old mother of two. Police discovered a stockpile of illegal guns in his home. Now Krasner’s office will have to prosecute him.
The Ontario government says it will require defendants to pay cash security deposits before they are released from custody as part of a bill aimed at “tightening” bail requirements.
In a news release issued Monday morning, Attorney General Doug Downey said the current bail system is “broken” and that the bill will introduce repercussions for offenders.
“That’s why our government is advancing a comprehensive tough on crime bail strategy that will strengthen the rules, reinforce compliance, and keep violent and repeat offenders off the street,” Downey said at a news conference announcing the proposed change.
A convicted murderer who killed a Crown witness recently spoke at a conference of provincial court judges following an invitation that has sparked outrage within the judiciary, the Star has learned.
Cosmo Jacobson was convicted by a jury in 2005 of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the execution-style 2001 shooting of security guard Roy Jones near his home in Ajax. Jones had been scheduled to testify against Jacobson as the key prosecution witness in a home invasion case; he was ambushed as he returned from work.
One of em likely released him on bail to begin with.
Judge acquits Toronto teen who stabbed unarmed 18-year-old, mocked his death
During a fight between two groups in a North York parking lot in the early morning hours of July 8, 2022, a teenage boy swung at an unarmed man with a bottle, fatally stabbed him, and then later sent messages to the victim’s friend appearing to mock his death.
Three years later, a judge has acquitted him of manslaughter.
A years-long investigation into Durham police found that the service’s top brass oversaw a “poisoned” workplace culture that was rife with favouritism and harassment.
The Star has obtained a redacted copy of the report that officials have previously refused to release, and, for the first time, is able to reveal some of its findings.
Even though an election call is not within sight, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appears to be in full campaign mode as he brings his party’s platform to locations across the country. At the forefront of his message is one that resonates with Canadians: crime and keeping the public safe.
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— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) October 31, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Christopher Jung, a 73-year-old Toronto taxi driver originally from Poland, was “the happiest he’d been in a long time” in October 2021 — the COVID lockdowns had eased, and could finally return to work. He wouldn’t live to see November. On an evening shift Oct. 24, a teen he had driven to Scarborough would reach under the plexiglass divider with his handgun and fire a fatal seven shots into his body.
Bill C-14, Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s proposed bail reform law, was marketed as a bundle of “sweeping reforms.” In reality, we’re getting no such thing. This bill is just a facade, giving only the appearance of grand change.
Sentencing-wise, C-14 would mandate consecutive (back-to-back) sentences for breaking and entering, but only when the offender is also being sentenced for violence- or gang-related motor vehicle theft. And if someone is caught a second time committing a violence- or gang-related motor vehicle theft, C-14 would require time for those crimes to be served consecutively. Lastly, the bill would require that any extortion sentence be served consecutively to arson from the same event.
The total number of home invasions in the Toronto area has doubled in the year to date, local police say.
Headlines about homeowners being charged with aggravated assault for defending their families against armed intruders has sparked a wave of middle class panic.
Organized crime has concluded that violent break-ins committed by hired juvenile hoodlums is a lucrative and low-risk pursuit.
