
-- "British Columbia’s top court has set aside a 21-month jail sentence and replaced it with house arrest for Isaac Harrison Davis, an Indigenous offender who punched another man, fracturing his skull and causing a severe brain injury. The Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled that the judge who sentenced Davis to jail for aggravated assault failed to give due consideration to the role of Gladue principles in the case." --
The intent, apparently, is to address the over-representation of Indigenous people in Canada’s prisons.
Here's something the decision did not address...
-- "The assault was 'both life-threatening and life-altering' for Stone, said the decision. He 'suffered from speech aphasia, memory loss, and cognitive deficiencies, including memory loss. He has had to take speech therapy and now requires the use of a hearing aid.'" --