Kyla Lee in APTN News: People accused of killing Indigenous women less likely to be charged with first-degree murder: study
Statistics Canada released a report highlighting the differences in treatment of homicide cases where Indigenous women and girls were the victims. The data in the report covered 2009 to 2021 showed that first-degree murder charges, the most severe homicide charge, were only applied to 27% of the cases when the victim was an Indigenous female compared to 55% when they were non-Indigenous females.
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