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Equality under the law is the cornerstone of liberal democracy. But judges across the country are now factoring race into sentencing.

Inside the decades-long East Coast battle between fishers and the federal government over Mi'kmaw treaty rights

Bry’n Ross (left) funnelled contracts to four companies associated with Harold Dawson (right). (CBC) Two Nova Scotia men who swindled the Department of National Defence out of millions of dollars are being sent to prison. But given that theyve already been serving conditional sentences its not clear how much time, if any, Harold Dawson and Bryn Ross will actually spend behind bars. The two men were convicted in September 2019 of fraud over $5,000. They were sentenced on Feb. 25, 2020, to c...

Posted: Jan 07, 2021 2:20 PM AT | Last Updated: January 8 Bassam Al-Rawi was granted bail on Thursday. He will be allowed to return to Germany until his appeal hearing in June.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) A former Halifax taxi driver sentenced to two years in prison last month for sexually assaulting a woman eight years ago has been granted bail and will be allowed to return to Germany while he awaits his appeal hearing in June. Bassam Al-Rawi filed a notice of appeal through his lawy...

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 2:21 PM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 This woman, whom CBC interviewed in 2019, testified she was sexually assaulted by Jordan Ellis.(Dave Laughlin/CBC) Nova Scotias highest court has refused to reinstate a sexual assault charge against a man whose case took too long to make its way through the system. Jordan Michael Ellis, 34, was charged on May 30, 2017. A woman alleged he raped her when he took her to a remote country road in Annapolis County. Tufts applied the s...