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Toronto legal clinic launches challenge to mandatory minimum sentence

Thursday, September 21, 2017 @ 10:39 AM | By Ian Burns

Toronto’s Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS) has launched a Charter challenge to a mandatory minimum sentence for a First Nations woman who pleaded guilty to importing cocaine, arguing the sentence violates protections...

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