CW: State violence against an Indigenous woman. Please take care when listening. Today we have the recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice trial decision of R v Doering where an Indigenous woman died while in police custody. Before Zach takes you through the case, K & Z chat public court access in Covid-times and racism against Indigenous people within state structures.
Today we've got a special continuation of Episode 43 - the sentencing decision of Justice Pomerance in R v Doering. The recent Windsor decision is read to you by Zach and concerns the sentencing of Constable Nicholas Doering who was found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death on November 1, 2019.