Crime Sift

There was an interesting case decided on January 20, 2007 that made headlines across Canada. The case was the trial of Kim Walker. Walker was convicted of second degree murder for the killing of a drug dealer. The verdict, if it stands, means a sentence of life imprisonment. There are always two […]

I recently did a post about the U.S. Prison System called Do American Prisoners Deserve Better Treatment Than Those Apprehended in the War on Terror? Here is another interesting video called System Failure: Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the California Youth Authority. The title says it all. There is something wrong in the […]

I have posted a couple of videos now from the mediathatmatters film festival. Books Not Bars is another. It has some interesting statistics, black drug offenders are 48 times as likely to be incarcerated, latino offenders 13 times as likely to be incarcerated, in comparison to white offenders. Mothers are the fastest […]

I have always had doubts when any one criminal suggests that the police or prison authorities have abused them, but we all know that it occurs. It is the frequency of the abuse that would be debated. I also never trust the media. I do not question the fact that most journalists have an agenda. […]