More than two years after the misconduct, Solicitor General Michael Kerzner still refuses to answer questions about the incident and fallout.
In the latest consequence of the Maplehurst prisoner abuse scandal, a Brampton judge has thrown out charges against a man who pleaded guilty to armed robbery, describing the jail’s treatment of him as “horrific torture.”
Justice Katherine McLeod found no justification for the pepper spraying, beating and “gratuitous cruelty” the man suffered when jail guards carried out a “vengeful” collective punishment of nearly 200 inmates in December 2023 after an inmate punched a guard.
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A judge previously tossed a separate case after finding veteran prosecutor Marnie Goldenberg angrily berated a Toronto cop over…
Paul Quinn, 52, violently attacked a young mother in July 2003 - yet Andrew Malkinson was wrongly jailed a year later. He was…
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Joe Outlaw was acquitted of 12 counts of criminal damage to HMP Frankland, but convicted of two counts, after telling jurors he…
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