The third book in Durvile Publications’ True Case Series will be available soon. More Tough Crimes: True Cases by Canadian Judges & Criminal Lawyers is scheduled for release on May 31, 2017.
About the Book
The sixteen stories in More Tough Crimes include:
- Mr. Don Bayne on the Senator Mike Duffy trial and the theme of a trial as media spectacle;
- Mr. David Bright on a tale of intrigue spanning extradition and incarceration from India to Nova Scotia;
- Mr. Brian Beresh on a historic case of domestic violence;
- Ms. Breese Davies on Ashley Smith who died by self-inflicted strangulation in her prison cell;
- Honourable Justice J. Di Luca on funny and, at times, tragic stories of inmate appeals at the Court of Appeal;
- Ms. Mona Duckett on a Mr. Big operation where the client falsely confessed to the killings;
- Honourable Justice F. Finnestad on the twisting, turning, and unravelling of people’s lives as a crime unfolds;
Mr. Alan D. Gold on the Andre Gravelle murder and bogus lip reading evidence; - Mr. Brian H. Greenspan on the trial of hockey agent and promoter Alan Eagleson;
- Mr. James Lockyer on the wrongful conviction of Steven Truscott;
- Mr. Brock Martland on the Surrey Six murders focusing on the Crown negotiating deals with alleged triggermen;
- Honourable Judge J. Ogle on the case of Calgary druggist Stephen Kesler who shot a robbery suspect;
- Mr. Jonathan Rudin on the deaths of young Aboriginal people from fly-in communities in Northern Ontario and the quest to get an inquest;
- Honourable Justice R. Wyant on a vicious case of rape and murder that changed his life and career forever; and
- Mr. William Trudell on the trial of the contract killing of the wife of Helmuth Buxbaum.
Sneak Preview
Here are some excerpts from the book that you can look forward to.
Clayton Rice | The Case of Kristen Budic: Too Crazy to be Insane
At the core of the delusion was Budic’s belief that he had signed an insurance policy on a previous visit to Dr. Bozo Bulaijic and that Dr. Bulaijic was preventing him from getting treatment. According to Budic’s thinking, Dr. Bulaijic carried out the worldwide conspiracy against him by telex machine. Dr. Geoffrey Hopkinson, a psychiatrist at the Alberta Hospital, would testify years later: ‘I suspect that [Budic] took the law into his own hands to perhaps save his own life.’ The psychiatric diagnosis was the easy part. Getting Budic to trial was something else.”
Jonathan Rudin | The Death of Reggie Bushie and the Eight-Year Inquest
Almost all of the witnesses who testified about their experience attending high school at DFC (Thunder Bay) spoke about the racism—racism that sometimes took the form of name calling, but often including food and drinks being thrown at them on the street. For the students who came to the city from First Nation communities where this sort of racism was foreign, they had to live with the knowledge that these assaults could occur at any time. None of them ever went to the police, most didn’t even report it to school staff, it was—and is—the price First Nations students pay for high school education.”
Brock Martland | The Surrey Six
As criminal lawyers we get a lot more excitement than some of our desk-bound colleagues, but it’s normally detached from the immediacy and unpredictability of the crime itself. We study the evidence and analyze photographs from the crime scene and autopsy. They can be disturbing. But our analysis is all after-the-fact and it’s second-hand. It does not have the same intensity as being there. In the Surrey Six case, veteran RCMP Staff Sergeant Dave Teboul described the crime scene as horrific, even for seasoned homicide investigators.”
More Information
You’re invited to attend the book release receptions.
- Calgary | May 30, 2017 | 5:00 to 8:00 PM (Readings at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM) | Danish Canadian Club (727 – 11 Ave SW)
- Toronto | June 1, 2017 | 5:00 to 8:00 PM (Readings at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM) |Simcoe Chambers (#100, 116 Simcoe Street)
- Edmonton | June 14 | 5:00 to 8:00 PM (Readings at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM) | Audrys Books (10701 Jasper Avenue)
Pre-order your copy of More Tough Crimes from durvile.com or at indigo.ca. Read more excerpts here. Partial proceeds go to Canadian Women’s & Family Shelters.
For a review copy or excerpt inquiries, to set up an interview, or for further information, contact Lorene Shyba, Publisher ([email protected]) or 403.818.4808.
