23-01-2018 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com

Government policies behind high Indigenous incarceration rate

Canada’s pattern of harming Indigenous people through its policies could be the basis of a dangerous offender application, Cree judge Gerald Morin said in a tongue-in-cheek analogy during a public lecture at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law Monday.
“They have made significant decisions that have affected people in a totally negative way,” Morin said in a speech about the history of justice in Saskatchewan from an Indigenous perspective.
“I’m t
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