Right to Silence - an update!

As an aside, I am very excited to be pursuing this issue at the Supreme Court of Canada on May 12, 2009 in a case called R v. Sinclair. In Sinclair, the issue will be whether an accused should have the right to a second access to counsel if they request it or whether they can have a lawyer present with them at the time of an interrogation. The law in Canada, unlike in the United States, is that an accused is permitted one access to counsel and counsel are not permitted in the interrogation room with an accused.

We want to be more like the United States in the ability to protect a client's rights and their access to counsel.

How crazy is that?? :-)

I'll keep you... posted!