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The B.C. First Nations Justice Council has opened a new Indigenous Diversion Centre in downtown Prince George, B.C., which will offer some Indigenous people who commit minor crimes an alternative to being criminally charged. The organization says it’s the first of its kind in Canada. During a grand opening ceremony on …
Read More »Saudi Arabia executing foreigners, drug offenders at record pace: Amnesty
Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly warn about the kingdom’s use of the death penalty in non-violent drug cases. Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, the highest number ever recorded by Amnesty in over three decades of …
Read More »Preventing child sex abuse must involve treating pedophiles, even past offenders, say experts
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Ideas53:59Child Sex Abuse Prevention: How Best to Protect Kids Cat Bodden, who was sexually abused by a family member as a child, never imagined she would work with convicted sex offenders. But that’s what she’s done …
Read More »Prolific offenders are committing an outsized amount of crime in B.C. What can be done to solve the problem?
In a Port Coquitlam, B.C., courtroom two decades ago, a defendant named Roy Gene Hopkins stood before a judge and predicted the future with a surprising degree of accuracy. In February 2002, Hopkins was 36 and already had a lengthy criminal record fuelled by addiction to heroin and cocaine. He begged the judge …
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