Real Justice Convicted For Being Mi Kmaq
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Real Justice Convicted For Being Mi Kmaq
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Author : Bill Swan
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Real Justice Convicted For Being Mi Kmaq written by Bill Swan and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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
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Author : Bill Swan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Convicted For Being Mi Kmaq written by Bill Swan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Judicial error categories.
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
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Author : Bill Swan
language : en
Publisher: Lorimer
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Real Justice Convicted For Being Mi Kmaq written by Bill Swan and has been published by Lorimer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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.
Real Justice Fourteen And Sentenced To Death
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Author : Bill Swan
language : en
Publisher: Lorimer
Release Date : 2012-03-14
Real Justice Fourteen And Sentenced To Death written by Bill Swan and has been published by Lorimer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-14 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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
Young Adult Nonfiction
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Author : Elizabeth Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-03-02
Young Adult Nonfiction written by Elizabeth Fraser and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Covering more than 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them. Nonfiction has been the workhorse of many young adult library collections—filling information and curricular needs—and it is also the preferred genre for many teen readers. But not all nonfiction is created equal. This guide identifies some of the best, most engaging, and authoritative nonfiction reads for teens and organizes them according to popular reading interests. With genres ranging from adventure and sports to memoirs, how-to guides and social justice, there is something for every reader here. Similar fiction titles are noted to help you make connections for readers, and "best bets" for each chapter are noted. Notations in annotations indicate award-winning titles, graphic nonfiction, and reading level. Keywords that appear in the annotations and in detailed indexes enhance access. Librarians who work with and purchase materials for teens, including YA librarians at public libraries, acquisitions and book/materials selectors at public libraries, and middle and high school librarians will find this book invaluable.
No Better Home
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Author : David S. Koffman
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2021
No Better Home written by David S. Koffman and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Canada categories.
No Better Home? brings together a unique combination of voices to question whether or not Canada is the best home that Jews have ever had.
Truth And Conviction
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Author : L. Jane McMillan
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2019-01-08
Truth And Conviction written by L. Jane McMillan and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with Law categories.
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.
Focus On Perseverance Set
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Author : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
language : en
Publisher: Lorimer
Release Date : 2014-02-14
Focus On Perseverance Set written by James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers and has been published by Lorimer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-14 with categories.
A 5-book set featuring true stories of perseverance and triumph
When Justice Is A Game
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Author : MaDonna Maidment
language : en
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
When Justice Is A Game written by MaDonna Maidment and has been published by Fernwood Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z with Social Science categories.
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.
Final Report Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of Canada Volume One Summary
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Author : Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2015-07-22
Final Report Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of Canada Volume One Summary written by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22 with History categories.
This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens. Even though the historical experience of residential schools constituted an act of cultural genocide by Canadian government authorities, the United Nation's declaration of the rights of aboriginal peoples and the specific recommendations of the Commission offer a path to move from apology for these events to true reconciliation that can be embraced by all Canadians.