William Marks

William Marks: This was one of the central thrusts of a novel legal position advanced by lawyer William Marks in the Court of Queen's Bench Thursday as he fought a losing battle to see a young aboriginal client with a learning disability given a sixth shot at freedom pending trial. 'Constrained circumstances' and 'moral culpability', according to Winnipeg Free Press and Placing disadvantaged aboriginal people accused of crimes on "Eurocentric" bail rules divorced from the realities of their lives and backgrounds only further criminalizes them and exposes them to unjust stints in jail, a Winnipeg defence lawyer has argued. GLADUE -- THE WHY AND THE WHAT IN LESS THAN 200 WORDS (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.