The future of justice for Indigenous offenders in the NWT could be shaped by the outcome of a legal fight apparently brewing between a judge and the territory.
PositionJames was Cabin Radio's court reporter on a voluntary basis from 2018 to 2022.
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A jury found Levi Cayen guilty of manslaughter, not first-degree murder, in the death of Alexander Norwegian outside Hay River in December 2017.
A jury is now deliberating whether Levi Cayen is guilty of Alex Norwegian's first-degree murder near Hay River in 2017. It's the last of four related cases.
RCMP failed to give a Behchokǫ̀ man access to a lawyer, a judge found, collapsing a case in which the man was accused of assaulting his partner.
Lawyers spent Tuesday examining details of the impaired driving case against Chief Darryl Marlowe of the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation. He denies the charges.
Lawyers are working toward a sentencing date for Colton Migwi, who has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his brother, Andrew, in 2020.
