The prosecution and acquittal of the man accused of Cindy Gladue’s murder has highlighted serious concerns about our criminal justice system and its treatment of indigenous people, women and sex workers. JFK Law’s Elin Sigurdson and Lisa Kerr of New York University comment in the Toronto Star on the effects of the use of physical evidence in the case on the human dignity of Ms. Gladue: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/04/06/courts-use-of-remains-did-not-respect-cindy-gladues-dignity.html
This case has given rise to a number of comments from lawyers, law-students and journalists, a selection of which can be found here: