Some People Are "Special"

They sure are!:

Indigenous reserves have become lawless and crime-infested, says a First Nations Lands Advisory Board report to the Senate. The Board said new policing powers are needed to save communities “facing an enforcement crisis.”

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A Toronto man with Indigenous heritage who has 101 break-ins on his criminal record won’t serve any more time in jail after his recent sentencing, even though he was arrested with nearly an ounce of fentanyl. 

Kieron Tierney — who had already done time for 85 previous break-ins — was sentenced to time served and probation for 16 more break-ins in an Ontario Court of Justice Gladue Court. The same judge handed him a suspended sentence on the drug charge after Tierney pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.

Gladue Courts stem from a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said judges should consider the often-tumultuous personal backgrounds of Aboriginal accused and seek alternatives to prison time if possible.

“Kieron Tierney has now accumulated 549 days of pre-trial custody on the present charges,” Justice André Chamberlain wrote in an Oct. 8 decision.

Even if he applied only the standard credit of multiplying days spent in pre-trial custody by 1.5, Tierney would have already served more than two years in custody, said the judge.

“The Crown nevertheless seeks a total sentence of four years’ imprisonment, noting that, unlike his previous matters, the present offences include the more serious charge of possessing nearly one ounce of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.”

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The Parole Board of Canada knew convicted murderer Jeffrey George Ewert had plans to attend a university and it made a decision this past spring to continue his day parole despite how he previously breached his release conditions, concerning his contacts with women, multiple times.

According to a report by CBC, Ewert has been taking law courses at McGill University as recently as earlier this month. The report, published online on Friday, quotes unnamed students upset "that the university did not disclose their peer’s violent history."

In a message sent to students on Friday, McGill University provost Angela Campbell wrote: “The matter is being carefully reviewed by the appropriate authorities at the university."

Ewert is serving two life sentences following his convictions for second-degree murder and attempted murder.

Initially, in 1986, he was convicted of first-degree murder, but Ewert appealed, had a second trial and was convicted of second-degree murder in 1996.

In a decision made on June 1, the Parole Board of Canada agreed to continue Ewert's day parole, which began last year, despite how he had breached his release conditions multiple times since 2025 and how he was still assessed by a professional, based on a psychopathy scale, as a "moderate to high" risk of violent sexual recidivism. The risk is considered to be moderate in "a context of supervision (incarceration, halfway house) and clinical followup adapted to your situation," the board wrote in the decision.

The parole board also knew Ewert, now in his mid-60s, planned to attend a university this fall "conditional on completing a course beforehand. You are currently gathering information (redacted) to be eligible for loans and scholarships and possibly housing. ...