Smart Justice Network Jan 7, 2024 – The mercy worker… The Marshall Project (US) – Maurice Chammah The Mercy Worker, Illustrated - Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life. While we have no … [Read more...]
Nov 9, 2023 – Diminish, ignore and discredit…
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Nov 9, 2023 – Diminish, ignore and discredit… Toronto Star - Stephanie Levitz ‘I am not someone else’s product’: Female veteran blasts MPs after snub at parliamentary hearing - The treatment of a female Canadian Forces’ veteran at a … [Read more...]
Aug.10, 2023 – Another way…
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Aug.10, 2023 - Another way… YES 23 (Australia) It’s time to recognise Indigenous people in our constitution The item is a petition distributed in Australia urging people to make provision for the inclusion of the Indigenous People in … [Read more...]
April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights…
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April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights… Amnesty International – “In March 2023 Chief Na'Moks, a hereditary chief of the Wet'suwet'un nation, met with Francisco Cali Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this … [Read more...]
April 4, 2023 – Smart Justice Network Special Communiqué
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April 4, 2023 - Smart Justice Network Special Communiqué APTN Production Inside Corrections: 2180 Days – Brittany Guyot From the APTN Introduction: APTN Investigates is taking viewers inside corrections facilities to see what’s … [Read more...]
On the streets, in the jails…
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Jan 26, 2023 CBC News – Paige Parsons 6 deaths, 4 months: Central Edmonton violence prompts concern for vulnerable - Housing desperately needed, advocates say Cold, gangs, violence – that’s what people on the street confront in the attempt to … [Read more...]
Justice denied…
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Jan 23, 2023 National Post – Christopher Nardi Judge awards inmate nearly $200K for abuses and unlawful time in solitary confinement - Nothing in Ryan Richards’ character merited the treatment he received while imprisoned at three different … [Read more...]
Prison perspective…
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Dec 20, 2022 Toronto Star – Rik McWhinney and Jason Demers Rik McWhinney spent almost 35 years in prison, 16 of them in solitary confinement: this is his story - In ‘The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney,’ poems, grievance forms, letters, interviews … [Read more...]
No reform…
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Nov. 4, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily SCC overturns lower court decision, rules Criminal Code provisions on sentencing constitutional “A divided Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling Nov. 4 that certain Criminal Code … [Read more...]
Redemption…
October 31, 2022 by
Oct 31, 2022 Canadian Press - Joseph Brean Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional “A law cannot deprive the life, liberty, or security of the person of even one individual in a way that is inconsistent with the … [Read more...]