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A man who punched and kicked a fellow inmate at North Slave Correctional Complex was handed a four month sentence last week.
Michael Taylor, 28, was sentenced to 120 days by Judge Bernadette Schmaltz in territorial court Friday after he plead guilty to attacking another inmate on Sept.12, 2017.
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Taylor believed the victim was responsible for getting two other inmates removed from the same SA国际影视传媒減od,SA国际影视传媒� a section within the correctional facility.
He was placed in isolation following the assault.
The attack, caught on video, left the victim with cuts to his forehead.
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Taylor was previously convicted in July 2016 of assault causing bodily harm.
New technology helped identify Keadjuk's remains
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SA国际影视传媒淭echnology has advanced over the last 15 years,SA国际影视传媒� Marie York-Condon wrote in an email outlining the many years and tests it took to identity Keadjuk's remains.
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After re-submissions for forensic examinations in 2007 and 2016 brought came back negative, NWT Chief Coroner received a referral to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in 2017, a network that has been SA国际影视传媒渟uccessful in several Canadian historical missing persons investigations,SA国际影视传媒� stated York-Condon.
The ICMP is a multi-faceted organization that works closely with governments and justice institutions to tackle a wide range of issues related to missing persons across the globe, according to its website.
A fragment of bone was then sent to ICMP in Sarajevo, Bosnia in early 2017. Months later, learned a partial DNA profile had been generated from the fragment.
In mid-2017, police sent comparative DNA samples, with a positive match to Keadjuk being confirmed to the NWT Office of the Chief Coroner earlier this month.
On what the use of this kind of technology means for other open cases in the territory, York-Condon said SA国际影视传媒渆ach case of unidentified remains is unique.SA国际影视传媒�
The match follows the proposal of a historical case unit, to be housed at the Yellowknife detachment, that would look exclusively at unresolved cases of murdered and missing people dating back to 1985.
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The investigation into Keadjuk's disappearance remains active.
Scholarship aims to bring more lawyers North
Aspiring lawyers living in the territory could get a boost in their bid to pass the bar thanks to a scholarship program funded by the NWT Law Foundation.
The foundation SA国际影视传媒� a so-called SA国际影视传媒渋nterest on lawyers' trust accountsSA国际影视传媒� (IOLTA) organization SA国际影视传媒� was established in 1982 by the GNWT Legislative Assembly as a means of collecting and funneling accumulated monies into public areas that benefit access to justice.
This year, the interest earned on NWT lawyers' trust accounts will be used to fund the scholarships of six would-be lawyers hoping to attend law school in the fall.
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The scholarship hands out $2,000 per year for the three years of law school. If grads return to NWT to article, and stay practicing in the territory for another year, they'd receive $7,000 for each of those two years. Overall, a student could be awarded $20,000.
The scholarships, according to Woodward, stand to make a difference not only in the lives and careers of future law students, but also in the jurisdiction they hail from.
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Grants, geared towards enhancing mediation skills, will also be handed out as part of the foundation's John Bayly QC Memorial fund. Last year, three grants SA国际影视传媒� including one for a pre-law summer program for Indigenous people at the University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre SA国际影视传媒� were made.
Interested students vying for a scholarship are asked to fill out application forms at: nwtlawfoundation.ca. The deadline for grant applications is March 31, while applications for scholarships are required by May 31.
The selection process, made by the board, is expected to take place in June.
