Who's Who?
Canada's Code
Evidence
What Happens?
Issues
100
An accused person has the right to representation by someone...
Who is the Defense Counsel?
100
Sexual Assault (Every one who commits a sexual assault is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months)
What is Section 271 ?
100
The accused is released after arrest with conditions. Examples: -no contact with a victim, cannot attend address of victim. -attend court as directed. Failure to abide by such conditions may result in the accused being arrested.
What is Bail?
100
A court order that tells someone when and where they are required to attend court.
What is a Subpeona?
100
A woman may decide to tell the police about being sexually assaulted.
What is a police report? (only about 6% of women do this)
200
A certain number of persons, selected and sworn to deliver a verdict upon the evidence presented to them.
What is a jury?
200
Sexual Assault With a Weapon, Threats to a Third Party or Causing Bodily Harm (Every one who, in committing a sexual assault, (a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof, (b) threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant, (c) causes bodily harm to the complainant, or (d) is a party to the offence with any other person, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years)
What is Section 272 ?
200
The judge orders that there be no release of information to the public, via police of newspapers, that can identify the victim.
What is a publication ban?
200
The accused person’s answer with regard to the allegations – "guilty or not guilty"
What is a Plea?
200
This happens to a accused person once police are satisfied there is enough evidence to do so.
What is a charge ? (only happens only in about 30% of reports)
300
This person represents the state or Canada, presents evidence of the crime at trial and tries to prove that the accused committed the crime
Who is the Crown Attorney ?
300
Aggravated Sexual Assault (Every one commits an aggravated sexual assault who, in committing a sexual assault, wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the complainant. (2) Every one who commits an aggravated sexual assault is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life)
What is Section 273 ?
300
A process that determines whether there is enough evidence to justify a trial.
What is a Preliminary Hearing?
300
The questioning of a witness called by the opposing counsel, crown or defence.
What is cross-examination?
300
A woman who is sexual assualted is entitled to this without calling the police.
What is medical care?
400
A person charged with a crime.
Who is the Accused?
400
A Spouse May Be Charged (A husband or wife may be charged with an offence under section 271, 272 or 273 in respect of his or her spouse, whether or not the spouses were living together at the time the activity that forms the subject-matter of the charge occurred)
What is Section 278 ?
400
Evidence collected from the victims body by health care professionals for the purpose of being used in court as evidence, ie DNA.
What is Sexual Assault Evidence Kit?
400
Another method (non-criminal) of holding a perpetrator accountable using the threshold of probabilities (not beyond a shadow of donbt)
What is civil ligation (seek compensation)?
400
This is the formal judgement of a court in criminal proceedings which follows the conviction of a person whereby some form of punishment is imposed upon the accused.
What is the Conviction? (only happens in about 2% of cases of sexual assault)
500
A support organization with trained counsellors with an anti-oppression perspective available to provide support 24 hours a day.
What is a Rape Crisis Centre?
500
The Code states that no person shall, without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed (or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed): a) Repeatedly follow the other person, or anyone known to them, from place to place; b) Repeatedly communicate with, either directly or indirectly, the other person or anyone known to them; c) Beset or watch a place where the other person is visiting, lives or works; or Engage in threatening conduct directed at the other person or any member of their family.
What is Section 264 - Criminal Harassment or STALKING
500
A law that protects a woman's sexual history from being used as evidence in court.
What is known as the Rape Shield Law?
500
A form given to survivors so that they can detail the effects that the sexual assault has had on them and other members of their family.
What is a Victim Impact Statement?
500
A process whereby a judge might rule that a woman can be asked about her past sexual history.
What is an "in-camera" session ?
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