Sie wurde von ihrem Partner angegriffen. Kanadas oberstes Gericht erwägt eine möglicherweise richtungsweisende Berufung | CBC-Nachrichten
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/scc-indigenous-sentencing-options-9.7020398
Sie wurde von ihrem Partner angegriffen. Kanadas oberstes Gericht erwägt eine möglicherweise richtungsweisende Berufung | CBC-Nachrichten
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/scc-indigenous-sentencing-options-9.7020398
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Reading through the article the biggest oversight is that the court seems to improperly alternative sentencing arrangements without the cooperation, or consent of the victim.
Restorative justice does work, but it requires the victim to participate and to be fully present in order to get through to the perpetrator what they’re actually guilty of. If the victim isn’t participating, or fears being ostracized then this isn’t justice.
>During that hearing last week, Nova Scotia Crown attorney Erica Koresawa argued the law requires determining what would actually deter the specific individual from reoffending. *In this case, she said Cope had already had multiple opportunities to engage in rehabilitation.*
>But Cope’s lawyer, Jonathan Rudin, who specializes in Indigenous justice issues, pointed out Indigenous people in Canada are nine times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous Canadians.
>*“We will never jail our way to reconciliation,” he told the court.*
Rhetoric isn’t a legal vehicle in appeals…but it’s doing some the lifting here
>Rudin also reminded the court that it had previously decided the Gladue principles must be applied for all Indigenous offenders, even in extremely grave cases involving sexual violence against children.
If I am correct in my understanding, it already was.
>Cope is currently facing a slew of new charges from February this year, including attempted murder, assault with a weapon, robbery and uttering threats to cause death. He’ll answer to those at Truro provincial court in January 2026.
Regardless of the outcome this ruling will raise eyebrows and ire.
This stuff comes off as so unserious. Guess we’ll see if the premium jail time for attacking a first nation women is more or less than the discount for crimes for being first nation.
Who knows maybe it’ll balance out and we just treat it like they are any other race