CRJS 1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Racial Profiling, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Visible Minority
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17 year old male at time of conviction. Was wrongly convicted and charged with 1st degree murder sentenced to. 2 fake eyewitnesses one was mentally unstable. Actual killer roy was sentenced to 3 years in prison but this was reduced to: only spent 11 years in prison after they discovered the actual killer, compensated with money. After this, there were 82 recommendations made by the royal commission to change in the crjs. Visible minority = infringement on his equality rights due to prejudice and discrimination in the case: racial profiling. Structural discrimination, procedural justice: 3 day trial, crime scene not adequately secured, pursued no other witnesses, didn"t find any evidence besides the fact that he was just there, v. big m drug mart. Charged with breaking the lords day act: case was acquitted, crown appealed case, court of appeal dismissed the case, owners believed it violated their freedom of conscience and religion s. 2 (a) of charter.