Use of the Gladue principle has ‘largely failed’ Yellowhead Institute report finds
It’s been 25 years since the Supreme Court’s Gladue decision but a new report finds the landmark ruling has failed to live up to much of its initial promise.
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Work still needed years after landmark ruling on Indigenous sentencing: lawyers
Nearly two decades after the landmark court decision on Gladue sentencing and Indigenous offenders, lawyers say there are no national standards for implementing the ruling and too many Indigenous people are behind bars.
Gladue courts need specialized training and it’s not happening yet
(In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that courts across the country must consider…
APTN Investigates: Cindy’s Story
The Cindy Gladue case drew headlines across Turtle Island from outrage that her most private…
Gladue report program in Ottawa facing too many delays, tying up courts and local jail: Lawyers
Kenneth Jackson APTN National News Ottawa lawyers are calling on the Ontario government to increase…
Imported Justice: A look inside Quebec’s travelling court in Nunavik
Flanked by a guard on each side, a man in his mid-20s fidgets in the…
Gladue writers hired in four Ontario cities
Legal-Aid Ontario is announcing a much needed expansion of its Gladue system by hiring four new writers in Sudbury, Sault St. Marie, North Bay and Windsor.
Aboriginal man uses experience behind bars to help offenders tell their ‘Gladue’ story
Dan Parlow has lived more days locked up than as a free man.