BC Crown Says Bail Policy Changes Need to Come From Federal Government

BC Crown Says Bail Policy Changes Need to Come From Federal Government
Premier David Eby speaks about violent crime during a press conference in front of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Nanaimo, B.C., April 12, 2023. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
The Canadian Press
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British Columbia has one of Canada’s strictest bail condition policies for prosecutors to ask for custody orders, yet repeat violent offenders continue to be released in the majority of cases, Attorney General Niki Sharma said.

Her comments come as the BC Prosecution Service released seven weeks of data in response to a directive issued last year by the provincial government to ask the courts to detain repeat violent offenders until trial.