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OPP in Leamington, Ont., racially profiled Black man facing drug offences, judge rules in acquitting him
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A man arrested for drug offences was racially profiled by Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington, a Superior Court judge has ruled, deeming the evidence against him inadmissible as a result. Justice Martha A. Cook acquitted the man on one of the charges after Crown prosecutors withdrew the second. [...]
Mental health advocates slam Windsor mayor’s support of involuntary treatment
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Advocates and legal experts who deal with the mentally ill are expressing strong opposition to a suggestion by Windsor’s mayor that involuntary treatment is a way to address a burgeoning mental health and addiction crisis in Canadian cities. “How do we have leadership that is engaging in an almo[...]
Overcrowding, lockdowns inside this Windsor-area jail are so persistent, it’s leading to reduced sentences
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Overcrowding and frequent lockdowns due to short staffing: These are some of the conditions at the South West Detention Centre that led to a lighter sentence of a Windsor man charged with gun trafficking. In March, Lawrence Davis was sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty on gun-[...]