We're trying something new this week and oh baby, this one's fun. I don't even know what to write here - just listen. Listen, then think for yourself.

As always, email me anytime at [email protected] and tell me all the ways you disagree with me.

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References:

Randy E. Barnett, Restitution: A New Paradigm for Criminal Justice, 87 Ethics 279 (1977) https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1558/ 

John Howard Society, Financial Facts on Canadian Prisons, 2018. https://johnhoward.ca/blog/financial-facts-canadian-prisons/ 

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Mental Illness and the Prison System, n.d. https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/mental-illness-and-the-prison-system 

If you go to Dalhousie University, I highly recommend HIST 3226: Law & Justice in Canada to 1890.

Resources:

Police-reported crime statistics in Canada up to 2019: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00010-eng.htm 

Canadian DOJ on the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system: https://www.justice.gc.ca/socjs-esjp/en/ind-aut/uo-cs

BLM Legal Resources: https://blacklivesmatter.ca/legal-resources