Career
Paciocco completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario and a master's degree in law from the University of Oxford. [1] Paciocco was hired by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 1982 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1983. [5] He was a member of the legal team that defended the Canadian Red Cross in the tainted blood scandal. [1] From 1994 to 1998,Paciocco was counsel in private practice. [5] Paciocco also later taught at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. [1] In 1999,he published Getting Away With Murder:The Canadian Criminal Justice System,a book intended for the public about the Canadian criminal justice system. [4] In June 2005,Paciocco was nominated to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Laurentian University. [6]
In 2010 a Toronto Star investigation revealed that since becoming the ombudsman for the Canadian military in 2001 and then Ontario Ombudsman in 2005,AndréMarin had awarded Paciocco over $250,000 in untendered government contracts. [7] Marin and Paciocco complained about the article to the Ontario Press Council,which upheld with the complaint,finding the implications to be unfounded. [8]
Judge
In 2011,Paciocco was appointed a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice for the Ottawa region. [1] In 2014,Paciocco struck down the Government of Canada's mandatory victim surcharge,finding that it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. [3] Ontario prosecutors appealed the decision,but later dropped it after a ruling by Justice Bruce Glass of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld the mandatory victim surcharge. [2] In a later decision,Paciocco said he was bound to follow the higher court's ruling,but in an unusual move,offered detailed criticism of the decision. [2]
In 2015,Paciocco convicted a volunteer firefighter of drunk driving,although he threw out the blood alcohol testing after finding police violated the driver's rights. [9]
On April 7,2017,Paciocco was elevated to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. [10]
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