Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi’kmaq: The Story of Donald Marshall Jr.

$12.95

ISBN: 9781459404397
Dewey: 364.152
LCC Number: HV6535.32
Author: Bill Swan
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Pages: 184
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When a black teen was murdered in a park late one night, his young companion, Donald Marshall Jr., became a prime suspect.
Police coached two teens to testify against Donald, which helped convict him of a murder he did not commit.
He spent eleven years in prison before he finally got a lucky break.
Not only was he eventually acquitted of the crime, but an inquiry into his wrongful conviction found that a non-Aboriginal youth would never have been convicted in the first place.
Donald became a First Nations activist and later won a landmark court case in favor of Native fishing rights.
He was often referred to as the “reluctant hero” of the Mi’kmaq community.

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