Real justice : convicted for being Mi'kmaq : the story of Donald Marshall Jr.

Type

Book

Authors

Bill Swan ( Swan, Bill )

ISBN 10

1459404394

ISBN 13

9781459404397

Tags

Murder -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney -- Case Studies, Trials (Murder) -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney -- Case Studies, Donald Marshall -- 1953, Racism -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney -- Case studies, Judicial error -- Nova Scotia -- Sydney -- Case studies, False imprisonment -- Canada -- Case studies, Racism, Murder, Trials (Murder), Judicial error, False imprisonment

Abstract

"When a black teen was murdered in a park late one night, his young companion, Donald Marshall Jr., became a prime suspect. Police coached two teens to testify against Donald, which helped convict him of a murder he did not commit. He spent eleven years in prison before he finally got a lucky break. Not only was he eventually acquitted of the crime, but an inquiry into his wrongful conviction found that a non-Aboriginal youth would never have been convicted in the first place. Donald became a First Nations activist and later won a landmark court case in favor of Native fishing rights. He was often referred to as the "reluctant hero" of the Mi'kmaq community."--Amazon.

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