Sentences with phrase «safeguard against wrongful convictions»

(6) the resulting need for a right of the accused to a full preliminary inquiry to test the sources of evidence, instead of governments working towards its abolition, which would remove an important safeguard against wrongful convictions;

But it would also remove an important safeguard against wrongful convictions.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

While no criminal investigation can ever be said to provide certainty of truth, the enormous cost and care that typically go along with terrorism investigations offers a limited but important safeguard against wrongful conviction.

The trial judge based this determination on the procedural safeguards against wrongful convictions in s. 16 (3) of the Canada Evidence Act,