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Michael Spratt

Michael Spratt

Michael Spratt is a certified criminal law specialist and partner at the Ottawa criminal law firm AGP LLP. He has served as a director of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and as vice president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa. He is an award-winning blogger co-host of the legal and political podcast The Docket. He frequently appears as an expert witness before the House of Commons and the Senate. Check more of his work at michaelspratt.com and on Twitter @mspratt.

Prohibiting judges from considering immigration consequences at sentencing ignores reality

Prohibiting judges from considering immigration consequences at sentencing ignores reality

Rempel Garner’s manufactured outrage could have serious implications for judicial discretion

Hey Ford: When you use your phone for government business, it is no longer personal

Hey Ford: When you use your phone for government business, it is no longer personal

The premier isn’t protecting his privacy; he’s avoiding accountability

Danielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slinging

Danielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slinging

The Alberta premier’s referendum is a direct threat to the proper functioning of our justice system

Poilievre's lies about my client illustrate a wider problem with grievance politics

Poilievre's lies about my client illustrate a wider problem with grievance politics

Conservatives have no qualms about undermining our courts or public institutions

Ford and Downey’s bail proposal gives freedom to the rich and cages the poor

Ford and Downey’s bail proposal gives freedom to the rich and cages the poor

Their soundbite-driven policy is a mask to hide their failures to ensure community safety

The Supreme Court's Senneville decision rejected moral panic, so should politicians

The Supreme Court's Senneville decision rejected moral panic, so should politicians

Kinew, Poilievre and Smith distort the reality of mandatory minimums for political gain

Police pressure threatens the independence of our justice system

Police pressure threatens the independence of our justice system

Public attacks on plea deals undermine trust and the core principles of our criminal courts

Castle laws won't fix what Ford and Poilievre claim is broken in self-defence rules

Castle laws won't fix what Ford and Poilievre claim is broken in self-defence rules

Heated rhetoric about charging man for stabbing home intruder ignores existing protections

Hurry up and wait: The Ontario court's relentless commitment to inefficiency

Hurry up and wait: The Ontario court's relentless commitment to inefficiency

Our criminal justice system has turned scheduling into a spectacle of wasted resources and hollow rituals

Doug Ford's Trumpian obsession with judicial control should scare us all

Doug Ford's Trumpian obsession with judicial control should scare us all

The Ontario premier's folksy delivery conceals an authoritarian drift echoing global trends

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