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Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459404408
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq written by Bill Swan and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a black teen was murdered in a Sydney, Cape Breton park late one night, his young companion, Donald Marshall Jr., became a prime suspect. Sydney police coached two teens to testify against Donald which helped convict him of a murder he did not commit. He spent 11 years in prison until he finally got a lucky break. Not only was he eventually acquitted of the crime, but a royal commission inquiry into his wrongful conviction found that a non-aboriginal youth would not have been convicted in the first place. Donald became a First Nations activist and later won a landmark court case in favour of native fishing rights. He was often referred to as the "reluctant hero" of the Mi'kmaq community.

Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq written by Bill Swan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Marshall, Jr., a Mi'kmaq, was framed for murder when he was 17. He spent 11 years in prison until, by a series of bizarre coincidences, the real murderer was discovered. Then he became a native activist and often referred to as the "reluctant hero" of the Mi'kmaq community.

Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 1459404386
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Book Synopsis Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq by : Bill Swan

Download or read book Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq written by Bill Swan and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a black teen was murdered in a Sydney, Cape Breton park late one night, his young companion, Donald Marshall Jr., became a prime suspect. Sydney police coached two teens to testify against Donald which helped convict him of a murder he did not commit. He spent 11 years in prison until he finally got a lucky break. Not only was he eventually acquitted of the crime, but a royal commission inquiry into his wrongful conviction found that a non-aboriginal youth would not have been convicted in the first place. Donald became a First Nations activist and later won a landmark court case in favour of native fishing rights. He was often referred to as the "reluctant hero" of the Mi'kmaq community.

Truth and Conviction

Author : L. Jane McMillan
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774837519
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Conviction written by L. Jane McMillan and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name “Donald Marshall Jr.” is synonymous with “wrongful conviction” and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan – Marshall’s former partner, an acclaimed anthropologist, and an original defendant in the Supreme Court’s Marshall decision on Indigenous fishing rights – tells the story of how Marshall’s fight against injustice permeated Canadian legal consciousness and revitalized Indigenous law. Marshall was destined to assume the role of hereditary chief of the Mi’kmaw Nation when, in 1971, he was wrongly convicted of murder. He spent more than eleven years in jail before a royal commission exonerated him and exposed the entrenched racism underlying the terrible miscarriage of justice. Four years later, in 1993, he was charged with fishing eels without a licence. With the backing of Mi’kmaw chiefs, he took the case all the way to the Supreme Court to vindicate Indigenous treaty rights in the landmark Marshall decision. Marshall was only fifty-five when he died in 2009. His legacy lives on as Mi’kmaq continue to assert their rights and build justice programs grounded in customary laws and practices, key steps in the path to self-determination and reconciliation.

Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 1459400747
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death written by Bill Swan and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At fourteen, Steve Truscott was a typical teenager in rural Ontario in the fifties, mainly concerned about going fishing, playing football, and racing bikes with his friends. One summer evening, his twelve-year-old classmate, Lynne Harper, asked for a lift to the nearby highway on his bicycle and Steve agreed. Unfortunately, that made Steve the last person known to see Lynne alive. His world collapsed around him when he was arrested and then convicted of killing Lynne Harper. The penalty at the time was death by hanging. Although the sentence was changed to life in prison, Steve suffered for years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. When his case gained national attention, the Supreme Court of Canada reviewed the evidence -- and confirmed his conviction. It took over forty years and a determination to prove his innocence for him to finally clear his name. He has since received an apology and compensation for his ordeal. In this book, young readers will discover how an innocent boy was presumed guilty by the justice system, and how in the end, that same justice system, prodded by Truscott and his lawyers, was able to acknowledge the terrible wrong done to him. [Fry reading level - 4.8

Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial

Author : William Wicken
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802076656
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial written by William Wicken and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersperses close analysis of the 1726 treaty with discussions of the Marshall case, and shows how the inter-cultural relationships and power dynamics of the past, have shaped both the law and the social climate of the present.

Plastic Materialities

Author : Brenna Bhandar
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822375737
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Plastic Materialities written by Brenna Bhandar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Malabou's concept of plasticity has influenced and inspired scholars from across disciplines. The contributors to Plastic Materialities—whose fields include political philosophy, critical legal studies, social theory, literature, and philosophy—use Malabou's innovative combination of post-structuralism and neuroscience to evaluate the political implications of her work. They address, among other things, subjectivity, science, war, the malleability of sexuality, neoliberalism and economic theory, indigenous and racial politics, and the relationship between the human and non-human. Plastic Materialities also includes three essays by Malabou and an interview with her, all of which bring her work into conversation with issues of sovereignty, justice, and social order for the first time. Contributors. Brenna Bhandar, Silvana Carotenuto, Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, Jairus Victor Grove, Catherine Kellogg, Catherine Malabou, Renisa Mawani, Fred Moten, Alain Pottage, Michael J. Shapiro, Alberto Toscano

With Good Intentions

Author : Celia Haig-Brown
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774842490
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book With Good Intentions written by Celia Haig-Brown and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Good Intentions examines the joint efforts of Aboriginal people and individuals of European ancestry to counter injustice in Canada when colonization was at its height, from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. These people recognized colonial wrongs and worked together in a variety of ways to right them, but they could not stem the tide of European-based exploitation. The book is neither an apologist text nor an attempt to argue that some colonizers were simply "well intentioned." Almost all those considered here -- teachers, lawyers, missionaries, activists -- had as their overall goal the Christianization and civilization of Canada's First Peoples. By discussing examples of Euro-Canadians who worked with Aboriginal peoples, With Good Intentions brings to light some of the lesser-known complexities of colonization.

Power Without Law

Author : Alex M. Cameron
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773576673
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Power Without Law by : Alex M. Cameron

Download or read book Power Without Law written by Alex M. Cameron and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Marshall case asserted sweeping Native treaty rights and generated intense controversy. In Power without Law Alex Cameron enlivens the debate over judicial activism with an unprecedented examination of the details of the Marshall case, analyzing the evidence and procedure in the trial court and tracing the legal arguments through the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. He argues that there were critical defects in the process - the successful argument at the Supreme Court of Canada was never tested in the lower courts, the Crown's expert was precluded from testifying about a vital document, the Court's analysis does not accord with the historical evidence, and the treaty rights are inconsistent with the colonial law of Nova Scotia. Concluding that the Marshall decision was the result of incautious judicial activism, Power without Law challenges us to reconsider the role of our courts in the Charter era.

Canada in Crisis (2)

Author : Robert A. Battram
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426933916
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Canada in Crisis (2) written by Robert A. Battram and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon his analysis in the first volume of the series, Canada in Crisis: An Agenda to Unify the Nation, longtime federal employee Robert A. Battram goes beyond explaining what will unify the nation to provide a working roadmap that can help ensure its continued success. Battram identifies problems in all areas of governance, from the simple to the complex, and offers a range of solutions to these problems. He examines why law enforcement agencies and immigration policies are failing, and also explores issues of infrastructure, such as how the placement of electrical transmission grids affects different areas of Canada. Take a deep look into how to improve all areas of government, including - economic policies, - transportation systems, - security of communications, - security of energy and power, - measures taken to combat extremism Join the author as he examines the many changes threatening Canada. Discover how the nation can defend itself, find solutions to its problems, and maintain its heritage, so that it can survive and thrive in Canada in Crisis: An Agenda for Survival of the Nation.

When Justice Is a Game

Author : MaDonna Maidment
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1773634690
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book When Justice Is a Game written by MaDonna Maidment and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All too often the police do not get the right person. Wrongful convictions are framed as mistakes or failures of the justice system. However, many of the wrongfully convicted are from among the poor and visible minority groups. The law then becomes an ideological mask relieving us of the responsibility of engaging with the real issues that underscore wrongful convictions. MaDonna Maidment illustrates how the desire to get a conviction and paint the police and the courts in a positive light often means that false evidence and court decisions based on prejudice and racism lead to innocent people being convicted. “The official version of the law,” says Maidment, “despite its claims of impartiality, neutrality and objectivity, is a tool of the state and its elite club members designed to maintain the illegitimate domination of society.” Turning back to the very sys-tem that got it wrong in the first place therefore should be a non-starter.

Truth and Conviction

Author : L. Jane McMillan
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774837507
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Conviction written by L. Jane McMillan and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name “Donald Marshall Jr.” is synonymous with “wrongful conviction” and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan – Marshall’s former partner, an acclaimed anthropologist, and an original defendant in the Supreme Court’s Marshall decision – tells the story of how Marshall’s life-long battle against injustice permeated Canadian legal consciousness and revitalized Indigenous law. Marshall died in 2009, but his legacy lives on. Mi’kmaq continue to assert their rights and build justice programs grounded in customary laws and practices, key steps in the path to self-determination and reconciliation.

Manufacturing Guilt (2nd edition)

Author : Barrie Anderson
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1773634666
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Manufacturing Guilt (2nd edition) written by Barrie Anderson and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturing Guilt, 2nd edition, updates the cases presented in the first edition and includes two new chapters: one concerning the case of James Driskell and another regarding Dr. Charles Smith, whose role in forensic pathology evidence led to several wrongful convictions. In this new edition, the authors demonstrate that the same factors at play in the criminalization of the powerless and marginalized are found in cases of wrongful conviction. Contrary to popular belief, wrongful convictions are not due simply to “unintended errors,” but rather are too often the result of the deliberate actions of those working in the criminal justice system. Using Canadian cases of miscarriages of justice, the authors argue that understanding wrongful convictions and how to prevent them is incomplete outside the broader societal context in which they occur, particularly regarding racial and social inequality.

Dominion Law Reports

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Dominion Law Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

We Were Not The Savages, First Nations History, 4th ed.

Author : Daniel N. Paul
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1773635840
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book We Were Not The Savages, First Nations History, 4th ed. written by Daniel N. Paul and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-30T00:00:00Z with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi’kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi’kmaq lived healthy lives and for thousands of years had lived in harmony with nature in the land they called Mi’kma’ki. This book sets the record straight. When the Europeans arrived they were welcomed and sustained by the Mi’kmaq. Over the next three centuries their language, their culture, their way of life were systematically ravaged by the newcomers to whom they had extended human kindness. The murderous savagery of British scalp proclamations, starvation, malnutrition and Canada’s Indian residential and day schools all but wiped out the Mi’kmaq. Yet the Mi’kmaq survived and today stand defending the land, the water and nature’s bounty from the European way of life, which threatens the natural world we live in and need to survive. Since the first edition was published in 1993, Daniel Paul’s ongoing research confronts the mainstream record of Canadian settler colonialism and reveals that the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples is not confined to the past. In this 4th edition the author shares his research, which catalogues not only the historical tragedy but the ongoing attempts to silence the Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous Peoples. Paul’s work continues to give the Mi’kmaq a voice that must be heard.

The 2010 Annotated Indian Act and Aboriginal Constitutional Provisions

Author : Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780779820375
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The 2010 Annotated Indian Act and Aboriginal Constitutional Provisions written by Canada and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Train

Author : Jodie Callaghan
Publisher : Second Story Press
ISBN 13 : 1772601993
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book The Train written by Jodie Callaghan and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashley meets her great-uncle by the old train tracks near their community in Nova Scotia. Ashley sees his sadness, and Uncle tells her of the day years ago when he and the other children from their community were told to board the train before being taken to residential school where their lives were changed forever. They weren't allowed to speak Mi'gmaq and were punished if they did. There was no one to give them love and hugs and comfort. Uncle also tells Ashley how happy she and her sister make him. They are what give him hope. Ashley promises to wait with her uncle by the train tracks, in remembrance of what was lost.