Author Archives: Efrayim Moldofsky

Politics, Alberta Prosecutors and Danielle Smith

I don’t usually get political but I’m afraid I need to in this case. The recent explosive headline in Alberta is that Danielle Smith – currently Alberta’s premier and leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) had a phone conversation with Artur Pawlowski, a pastor who is currently awaiting verdict on his criminal trial for …

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Weekly criminal law update – Nov. 27, 2022

My strengths are in written, oral and appellate advocacy. If you can use my services, please email me at efrayim@moldofskylaw.ca. To subscribe to the mailing list (link). Improper Calgary Crown closing submissions apparent here: “And she said the accuser had no motive to make up allegations against his former coach 3 1/2 years after last …

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Weekly criminal law update – Nov. 21, 2022

My strengths are in written, oral and appellate advocacy. If you can use my services, please email me at efrayim@moldofskylaw.ca. To subscribe to the mailing list (link). In a quick follow-up to Sharma (#7 last week), Trudeau’s Liberal government has moved swiftly to allow conditional sentences for most offences and to cancel most mandatory minimum …

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Weekly criminal law update – Nov. 11, 2022

My strengths are in written, oral and appellate advocacy. If you can use my services, please email me at efrayim@moldofskylaw.ca. To subscribe to the mailing list (link). Check out my recent blog posts: Part 2 – Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions – Moldofsky Law, Open Letter to Justice Minister Shandro RE: Legal Aid Alberta Funding – …

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Part 2 – Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions

I believe [the accused] did something very, very wrong in that room. But I also believe that nobody has asked me to play God. I’ve been asked to apply the law. Justice belongs to God; men only have the law. Justice is perfect, but the law can only be careful. […] If we as a …

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Weekly criminal law update – Oct. 31, 2022

I’ve missed a few weeks. My apologies. To subscribe to the mailing list (link). Check out my recent blog posts: Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions – Moldofsky Law, Open Letter to Justice Minister Shandro RE: Legal Aid Alberta Funding – Moldofsky Law, Ghomeshi, Guilt and Gullibility – Moldofsky Law, and The train wreck that is Legal …

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Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions

We’ve all had clients convicted of crimes when we were sure of their innocence. I have two as I stand here. I can remember them, and they haunt me. You wonder, was it my fault? And you’re bound to blame yourself. In the two cases that haunt me, I have no doubt it was my …

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Weekly criminal law update – Oct. 9, 2022

To subscribe to the mailing list (link). Brand new SCC decision in R. v. Schneider, 2022 SCC 34, overturning a murder acquittal on the basis of hearsay (overheard “confession” devoid of context), appearing to distinguish (or overrule) its previous decision in R. v. Ferris, 1994 CanLII 31 (SCC). See Lawyer’s Daily. Appeal bail granted by …

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Weekly criminal law update – September 28, 2022

I missed last week. My apologies. To subscribe to the mailing list (link). Check out my recent blog posts: Open Letter to Justice Minister Shandro RE: Legal Aid Alberta Funding – Moldofsky Law, Ghomeshi, Guilt and Gullibility – Moldofsky Law, Innocence is not a myth – Shakespeare, wrongful convictions and R v BEM, 2022 ABCA …

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