News 1. The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case “No one in authority wants to talk about the wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun,” reports Blair Rhodes for the CBC: On Tuesday, Mark Furey, Nova Scotia’s attorney general and minister of justice, said he cannot comment on the Assoun case at this time. […]
Death, Monopoly, and Taxes: Morning File, Saturday, January 28, 2017
News 1. Death in Prison Last year at this time, I wrote about the Bell Let’s Talk campaign, and how Bell has multi-million dollar contracts on federal prison phones that allow them to charge predatory rates to prisoners and their families. I pointed out in that article that we criminalize mental illness and use incarceration instead […]
Gorilla Warfare: Morning File, Saturday, August 27, 2016
1. Tylor McInnes and Doing Justice After the death of Tyler Richards, Tim wrote about some of the difficulties in reporting on death. I have been sitting beside people this week as their phones blew up with texts from reporters asking them if they wanted to comment on the death of Tylor McInnis, if they knew […]