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Twice in Quebec within the past week, the courts deemed defendants not criminally responsible because of mental health issues. One case involved a mother accused of leaving her young child alone in a field near a highway and the other, a man charged in connection with an attack on a Hasidic Jewish father in a park in Montreal.Ìý

This 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ expert can discuss the place of Not Criminally Responsible rulings in our legal system. (She would not comment on any specific cases).ÌýÌý

Marie Manikis, Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar, Faculty of Law, can comment on criminal justice, criminal law, human rights, sentencing and victims. Ìý

marie.manikis [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)Ìý

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