Language barrier in northern Quebec can make court baffling for Inuit, justice workers say
For Inuit in Quebec accused of breaking the law, the first of many barriers to equal treatment in the justice
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Judge rules three-year mandatory minimum ‘abhorrent and intolerable’ in Canada’s east-Arctic
A Nunavut judge has struck down a three-year mandatory minimum firearms sentence as cruel and unusual punishment. It’s yet another
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Canada: no help available for children in northern Quebec scarred by mother’s murder, court hears
Nellie Angutiguluk’s three children are in dire need of counselling in the wake of their mother’s murder — something which
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Appeal challenges Alaska’s exclusion of village residents from juries
The Alaska Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a case that could have huge implications for how Alaska village
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Russia charges former Norwegian border inspector with espionage
Norwegian officials keep silent about Frode Berg’s alleged connections with the military intelligence service. Frode Berg’s Norwegian lawyer Brynjulf Risnes
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More than 150 Alaskan villages excluded from jury duty, can residents get fair trial?
BETHEL — In remote villages all over Alaska, no one ever gets called for state jury duty. To save money,
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Fairbanks restaurant passing off elk as ‘reindeer tenderloin’ gets hit with $50,000 in fines
A Fairbanks restaurant that knowingly sold New Zealand elk as reindeer pleaded guilty Tuesday after being criminally charged with violating Alaska
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