Bad Medicine: A Judge's Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community ampersand in the courts

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Common to all Native people is their deep connection to the land and to the animals with whom they live

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Bad Medicine: A Judge's Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community ampersand in the courtsEarly in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book. His jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. He steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place. In an unprecedented move that pitted him against his superiors, the legal system he was part of