Bad Medicine
Subtitle: A Judge's Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community
By: by John Reilly
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781926855035
Subjects: Indian reservations; Judges; Legal status, laws; Social justice; Biography; Assiniboine Indians
Description: "Early 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, and one of Canada's best-known Indian chiefs, the Reverend Dr. Chief John Snow, Judge Reilly ordered an investigation into the tragic and corrupt conditions on the reserve. A flurry of media attention ensued. Some labelled him a racist; others thought he should be removed from his post, claiming he had lost his objectivity. But many on the Stoney Reserve hailed him a hero as he attempted to uncover the dark challenges and difficult history many First Nations communities face.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.