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Quebec minister disappointed after race considered in reduced sentence for Black man
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, AUG 6 – Judge Magali Lepage reduced Frank Paris’s sentence to two years for drug trafficking, citing systemic racism linked to his crimes, a decision sparking debate in Quebec.
- Quebec's minister responsible for the fight against racism, Christopher Skeete, is disappointed a judge gave a reduced sentence to a Black man due to systemic racism he faced.
- The judge, Magali Lepage, sentenced Frank Paris to two years for drug trafficking charges after his lawyer submitted a report detailing the racial discrimination Paris experienced.
- Skeete questioned whether creating different sentences based on race is the right approach, saying 'we're creating two types of citizens: one that is racialized and one that isn't.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Quebec minister disappointed after race considered in reduced sentence for Black man
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Québec denounces the imposition of a reduced penalty taking into account the systemic discrimination faced by a racialized criminal.
For the first time in Quebec's judicial history, a sentence was determined based on the analysis of systemic factors, adapted to racialized criminals – especially Blacks. This approach, which already exists in the rest of Canada, is likely to be increasingly used in the coming years.
On Thursday, the Quebec Minister responsible for Combating Racism, Christopher Skeete, expressed his disappointment that a judge had granted a reduction in sentence to a black man convicted of a drug-trafficking crime because of his ethnic origin.M
On Thursday, the Quebec Minister responsible for Combating Racism, Christopher Skeete, said he was disappointed that a judge had granted a reduction in sentence to a black man convicted of a drug trafficking crime because of his ethnic origin. Mr. Skeete wrote, in a publication on X, that he was acting as a "sad first in Quebec." He considered that such a decision called into question "the fundamental principle of equality before the law." The m…
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