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Toronto Sun Guest Column: Acquittal would be just result in Ghomeshi case

Toronto Sun Guest Column: Acquittal would be just result in Ghomeshi case In a Toronto Sun guest column, DPS partner and Toronto criminal lawyer Boris Bytensky writes, “It is not enough to show the complainants may be telling the truth, despite their inconsistencies and subsequent conduct — rather, the correct question to ask is reversed […]

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A Blow to the Bail Program

In yet another example of ‘tough-on-crime’ trumping ‘smart-on-crime’, despite millions of additional dollars required to manage the increased custodial times for offenders on the many new mandatory minimum sentences, apparently no money could be found to save the venerable Toronto Bail Program. It has recently been announced that, effective Mar. 29, the Toronto Bail Program […]

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High-profile Barrie Murder Case

Slain Son Left like ‘Dead Dog’ Boris Bytensky leads defence team in high-profile Barrie murder case The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2011 By: Tracy McLaughlin TORONTO – Devon Chambers sat in a cold, angry silence in the courtroom as he watched the man who shot his son five times confess in a videotaped statement to police. […]

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Boris Bytensky

I am one of the senior partners at Bytensky Shikhman, a criminal litigation firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In my 25+ year career, I have conducted numerous trials and appeals before all levels of Court in Ontario, defending just about every type of charge in our criminal law. I am also an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently the Treasurer of the Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario. I am also an Adjunct Professor for Trial Advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University and a regular lecturer and placement supervisor for Osgoode's Intensive Programme in Criminal Law.

Boris Bytensky

Toronto Sun Guest Column: Acquittal would be just result in Ghomeshi case

A Blow to the Bail Program

High-profile Barrie Murder Case

Boris Bytensky

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