In Ontario, legislation prohibits individuals convicted of certain serious crimes from making money by selling their story.  The Prohibiting Profiting from Recounting Crimes Act, 2002, provides that the court has the power to seize any proceeds convicted criminals get from recounting their crimes.  In addition, the Court may levy fines against the person.  Any money seized is put into funds for the victims of crime.

The Act applies to:

(a) anyone convicted of a serious violent crime or serious property crime designated under the Act;

(b) anyone acting on behalf of a criminal (such as a spouse or relative);

(c) a corporation in which the convicted person has a substantial interest;

Offences covered by the Act include:

(a) sexual assault with or without a weapon; 

(b) attempted sexual assault with or without a weapon;

(c) aggravated sexual assault;

(d) all violent indictable offences under the Criminal Code that have a sentence of 5 years or  more; and

(e) a serious property offence under the Criminal Code.

Effective August 3, 2010, there is now a provision in the HTA (Regulation 163/10) for the suspended driver to apply to the Registrar to reinstate a license prior to the end of the suspension period. Section 259 of the Criminal Code allows the Judge to make an order allowing the offender to apply to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) in Ontario to register in an “alcohol ignition interlock device program” (the program); and, if so registered, receive his/her license earlier than the minimum prohibition period(s) after sentence is imposed. Upon acceptance into the program, he/she must install the Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device (the device) (within 30 days by an authorized person) in his/her car at his/her expense. Read the rest of this entry »