Aug 24, 2013 Fox News – Phoenix, AZ 6 immigration activists arrested at protest outside Phoenix ICE facility In a protest before an ICE detention centre, the daughter a citizen, the mother undocumented ask: When are we safe? “Jaquelina … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
Human rights
Aug. 23, 2013 Ottawa Citizen Editorial The rights of prisoners The editorial recalls that inmates in prison do have human rights but that some of the recent happenings are suggesting that officials and institutions charged with the interim … [Read more...]
SIU
Aug. 21, 2013 Toronto Star - Jennifer Pagliaro Sammy Yatim: Toronto Const. James Forcillo charged with murder in shooting death of man on TTC streetcar “Good morning justice!” Sammy Yatim’s sister Sarah tweeted when she heard the news of the … [Read more...]
RJ and self-government
Aug. 14, 2013 The Manitoban (University of Manitoba Student paper) - Katerina Tefft Canadian justice system failing Aboriginal people Tefft outlines the ways that the justice system – over-representation, more likelihood of imprisonment, … [Read more...]
No more US mandatory minimums
Aug. 13, 2013 L.A. Times – David G. Savage 'Mandatory minimum' sentences to end for many drug offenders US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced what amounts to the end of the federal mandatory minimums for low-level, non-violent drug … [Read more...]