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Photo credit: JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Brandon Trask is an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor.

Winnipeg Free Press: Police, prosecutors disagree on Criminal Code release ‘mandate’

December 5, 2024 — 

U of M law professor Brandon Trask, who used to work as a Crown attorney in the Maritimes, said he finds the police use of the term “mandated” concerning.

“It’s concerning that the public is being left with the impression that our law mandates release. Our law, generally speaking, does not mandate release — that’s a judgment call,” said Trask.

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