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<BLOCKQUOTE>"In First Nations/Indigenous Court, the judge, your lawyer, Crown counsel (government lawyer), Indigenous community members, and your family work with you to come up with a healing plan. A healing plan is a way to help you, your community, and the victim of your crime move on. You have to accept responsibility for your actions and work on issues that may have contributed to get you in trouble with the law in the first place."<BR> | <BLOCKQUOTE>"In First Nations/Indigenous Court, the judge, your lawyer, Crown counsel (government lawyer), Indigenous community members, and your family work with you to come up with a healing plan. A healing plan is a way to help you, your community, and the victim of your crime move on. You have to accept responsibility for your actions and work on issues that may have contributed to get you in trouble with the law in the first place."<BR> | ||
'''– ''Gladue and You'', Legal Aid BC'''</BLOCKQUOTE> | '''– ''Gladue and You'', Legal Aid BC'''</BLOCKQUOTE> | ||
The judge looks at the harm you caused to victims, your background, your needs now, and how a healing plan can be made for you and your community. | |||
Indigenous Courts are in Duncan, Kamloops, Merritt, New Westminster, North Vancouver, and Prince George and there may be more locations in the future. Indigenous Court is usually held once a month at each location. | |||
First Nations Court information taken from https://aboriginal.legalaid.bc.ca/courts-criminal-cases/first-nations-court | |||
For more details check out the Legal Aid BC online publication “What’s First Nations Court?” | |||
