Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
You would not be alone if you have wondered over the past weeks or months about whether Basil Borutski might make a claim at some point that he is not criminally responsible for his actions because he is mentally ill. Continue reading Borutski trial part five: The law of “not criminally responsible”
“Let me drive/Let me drive I know my way around and I’m gettin’ kinda anxious to arrive Let me drive/Let me drive I can get us where we’re going, so move over honey, let me drive” (refrain from Georgette Fry’s Let Me Continue reading Let me drive!
As I follow this trial and read the evidence that is being presented by the Crown, evidence to support the three charges of first-degree murder that Basil Borutski is facing, I find myself needing to put this story in a Continue reading Borutski trial part four: A too-familiar story
Earlier this month, stories about Hollywood mega-director Harvey Weinstein’s decades’ long sexual assaults on young women involved in the film industry hit the mainstream media. I found myself asking this question: Why are we still, apparently, surprised, when we hear Continue reading On Harvey Weinstein: Why are we still surprised?