Josh Tuttle

Josh Tuttle practices criminal law at Hicks Adams LLP in Toronto, Ontario. He holds a BA from McGill University and a JD from the University of New Brunswick.

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Retrospective Punishment: A Reasonable Limit on Charter Rights (R v. KRJ)

Retrospective Punishment: A Reasonable Limit on Charter Rights (R v. KRJ)

In KRJ, the Supreme Court of Canada tackled the retrospective application of criminal sanctions on certain sexual offenders. In particular, whether or not sentencing legislation could be applied to an offender when it was not the law ...