Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada's most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We've all heard the media's take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We've all lamented the fate of a person who we think was wrongfully accused, but who better to explain what happened than his or her counsel who was there for the client every step of the way. In Tough Crimes, Edward Greenspan writes on a miscarriage of justice; Richard Wolson and Marilyn Sandford on the wrongfully convicted; Earl Levy on the Toronto Shoeshine Boy murder; Peter Martin on a study of evil; John Rosen on defending Paul Bernardo; Fred Ferguson on child abuse; William Smart on a "Mr. Big" sting; Richard Peck on Air India; Noel O'Brien on corpora delicti; Joel Pink on the Antigonish Beech Hill murders; Brian Beresh and Patrick Fagan on reasonable doubt; Mark Brayford on Robert Latimer; Marie Henein on the wrongfully charged; C.D. Evans on weighing moralities; William Trudell on the Walkerton water treatment disaster; forensic psychologist Thomas Dalby on the Taber school shootings; John Vertes on Indigenous justice; and Hersh Wolch on a young prosecutor's trial by fire.

C.D. Evans QC Christopher D. Evans QC is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and held the Milvain Visiting Chair in Advocacy at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law. He is a Life Member of the National Criminal Law Program Faculty. Together with Lorene, he has written and published six books. Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile Publications and UpRoute Books and Media. Her doctoral degree is in media and she has been on faculty at McMaster University, University of Montana, and University of Calgary.

Introduction Part One: Wrongful Conviction, Edward L. Greenspan, A Miscarriage of Justice Richard Wolson, A Perfect Storm for a Wrongful Conviction Marilyn Sandford, Twenty-Seven Lost Years Part Two: Homicide Earl Levy, Toronto Loses Its Innocence: The Shoeshine Boy Murder Peter Martin, Man's Inhumanity John Rosen, Defending Paul Bernardo: Am I the Devil's Advocate? Fred Ferguson, The Case of John Ryan Turner William Smart, The Rest of the Story Part Three: Reasonable Doubt Richard Peck, Air India Noel O'Brien, Corpora Delicti Joel Pink, The Antigonish Beech Hill Murders Patrick Fagan, Boys Will Be Boys Brian Beresh, In Defence of Larry Fisher Part Four: Collateral Damage Mark Brayford, Democratic Freedoms Undermined: Robert Latimer Marie Henein, Split-Seconds Matter C.D. Evans, Weighing Moralities of a Victimless Crime Part Five: Community William Trudell, The Walkerton Tragedy John Vertes, The Case of Henry Innuksuk Thomas Dalby, The Taber School Shooting Hersh Wolch, The Young Prosecutor's Trial by Fire Index