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Lisa Kerr
Publishing · On our record since 2013
Where this writer stands
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“But to use this report as a collateral attack on the trial process – and to effectively suggest that Mr. Zameer was wrongfully acquitted – shows a disturbing refusal on the part of police officials and the Premier to accept the legitimacy of the court process, which is a vastly superior mechanism for truth-finding than an internal police review.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Supreme Court clarifies, rather than cancels, Gladue sentencing in vulnerable victim casesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 9, 2026
- Opinion: Ontario’s Premier and police are undermining the legitimacy of the court processOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 22, 2026
- Opinion: It’s time to let lawyers come back to the Supreme Court of CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 21, 2025
- Opinion: Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platformOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 17, 2025
- Opinion: The revolution in online learning has skipped over our prisons – and that helps nobodyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 1, 2024
- Opinion: The Charter’s override function must be off-limits when it comes to criminal justiceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 5, 2024
- Opinion: The outrage at Paul Bernardo’s transfer neglects the reality of prison conditionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 28, 2023
- Opinion: A return by Poilievre to Harper-era criminal sentences would be a terrible sequelOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 1, 2022
- Opinion: The Supreme Court’s ruling to end the death-in-prison penalty isn’t about the offender – it’s about our own moral codeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 26, 2022
- Opinion: The federal bill to reduce mandatory minimum sentences is missing a few crucial wordsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2021
- Opinion: Ontario’s top court says anti-Black racism should be considered in the legal system. That’s a startOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 10, 2021
- Opinion: What Erin O’Toole is really saying when he says criminals shouldn’t get early access to vaccinesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 8, 2021
- Opinion: Why does the Indigenous rate of incarceration only grow?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 23, 2020
- Kerr and Doob: What happened to the Liberal promise of criminal justice system reform?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 19, 2020
- Kerr and Doob: What happened to the Liberal promise of criminal justice system reform?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 19, 2020
- Opinion: How can prisoners be rehabilitated without proper access to education?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2019
- Capay’s stay is one more unacceptable consequence of solitary confinementOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2019
- If implemented properly, new bill may end solitary confinement in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 17, 2018
- Yes, law schools must be politicalOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 16, 2018
- B.C. solitary ruling: A bold move that may finally bring about changeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 17, 2018
- B.C. solitary ruling: A bold move that may finally bring about changeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 17, 2018
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Ontario solitary confinement ruling hardly counts as a victoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 18, 2017
- Kerr: Does the law apply when an inmate breaks prison rules?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 10, 2017
- Solitary bill a first step, but doesn’t go far enoughOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 19, 2017
- Solitary bill a first step, but doesn’t go far enoughOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 19, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2017
- Why rules on solitary confinement must be written in lawOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 28, 2016
- Fewer inmates in solitary makes the case for legal reformsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 17, 2016
- Court’s use of remains did not respect Cindy Gladue’s dignityOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 5, 2015
- Court's use of remains did not respect Cindy Gladue’s dignity | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 5, 2015
- Mandatory minimums for drug crimes have no future in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 2, 2014
- Canada’s law-and-order agenda weighs heavily on aboriginal peopleOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 11, 2013