Borys Law takes habeas corpus test case to Court of Appeal
- February 13, 2023
- Simon Borys
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In 2020, Simon Borys and Kate Mitchell of Borys Law–a boutique law firm in Kingston, Ontario that focuses on parole and correctional law–launched a test case, on behalf of a number of inmates serving life or indeterminate sentences, in coordination…
SCC strikes down law which authorized life without parole for those convicted of multiple murders
- June 29, 2022
- Simon Borys
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Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about R v Bissonnette, the recent case from the Supreme Court that dealt with the constitutionality of stacked life sentences. Simon intervened in the case on behalf of…
‘Crisis’ in federal correctional institutions due to parole programing backlog
- June 29, 2022
- Simon Borys
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Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about the crisis in federal correctional institutions due to the programming backlog Simon is quoted in the article as saying: “This has been a problem for almost all…