Criminal

Reforming partial defence of provocation in Canada

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 @ 8:45 AM | By Vanessa Lisa Kiraly

The highly controversial partial defence of provocation was introduced into the Criminal Code of Canada in 1892, with Canada inheriting it from Britain. The partial defence functions differently from other defences because...

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