In the Courtroom
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
"The boys did pretty darn stupid things, but they did not commit murder."
22 months + 6.5 year prison sentence.
Manslaughter.
Early Parole.
Photo credits: CBC News Canada
The Story of Pamela George
Pamela Jean George was an Aboriginal woman and a single mother of two kids living in the province of Saskatchewan. Pamela lived on the Sakimay Reservation outside of Regina. She was of the Saulteaux or Ojibway Nation. These few details are hardly enough to describe a life of a woman and mother. Pamela was violently beaten and left to die by her assailants on April 17, 1995 in a secluded area outside the city of Regina. Major theme of this article is that Pamela was working as a prostitute and her attackers were two young white men in university. Because of her unconventional job and the stereotypes involved with it, the odds were stacked against her in court. The balance of justice was skewed by stereotypes and preconceived notion regarding race and prejudice against sex workers. As a single mother, someone who was Aboriginal and a woman, she was particularly at risk of racism, sexism, and other judgments society puts on sex workers and single moms.
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