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• Disconnection from Indigenous heritage grounds to reduce man’s sentence, B.C. court rules

  The B.C. Court of Appeal took one year off a B.C. man's five-year aggravated assault sentence, ruling the trial judge had not adequately considered his Métis heritage.

  Crime

  Jan 5, 2023
  
• Vernon, B.C. man gets house arrest after sexual assault conviction

  In sentencing, Devlin said that Vaux’s “moral culpability was significantly reduced as a result of his cognitive deficits.”

  Crime

  Sep 10, 2021
  
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• Beverley Browne, first chief justice of Nunavut, dies in Edmonton at age 68

  Beverley Browne, the first chief justice in Canada's largest and youngest territory, has died in Edmonton at the age of 68. She was Nunavut's top judge for 10 years.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2021
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• Judge failed to consider young man’s Indigenous heritage: P.E.I. Appeal Court

  Nicholas George Nash McInnis was taken from his biological Cree parents at birth and placed in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2019