Some words have different meanings in different contexts. For example, “I saw a bird,” is quite different from “I plan to saw some logs.” Divergent meanings of this type are typically quite acceptable ...

Being tipsy wasted, or even blotto to the point that you don’t remember the last few hours of drunken debauchery is not a defence for rape or any other criminal activities for that matter. This was ...

TORONTO — Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that criminal defendants may argue that they were so intoxicated that they were in a state of automatism and therefore not responsible for some violent ...