heather campbell pope, founder of dementia justice canada , has been approved under a new law society of b.c. program to provide legal help to those suffering with the disorder and their families.
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a decade ago, campbell pope moved to vancouver to article with the canadian centre for elder law and the issues around dementia piqued her passion.
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after moving back to her home province, campbell pope founded dementia justice canada in 2017.
she hopes to help the system deal with these accused appropriately: “it’s a really tough situation from a mens rea and a not criminally responsible point of view because they are hitting all the thresholds or not hitting the thresholds, and they fall into this grey zone of responsibility … the defence of diminished responsibility tries to account for these situations … that mental illness somehow contributed to their behaviour and they should be found less-culpable because of that.”
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