Gladue reports no ‘get out of jail free card’ for indigenous offenders

James Scott presented a paper to Saskatchewan Legal Aid in September of 2014 and his suggestions received national attention.  His paper discusses the presence of systemic racial discrimination in our criminal justice system and offers some solutions.  The following Star Phoenix article touches on similar issues and indicates that our criminal justice system is starting to consider Gladue factors in more depth when sentencing Aboriginal offenders:

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/gladue+reports+27get+jail+free+card+indigenous+offenders/11715512/story.html