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noun
A report prepared prior to the sentencing of an Indigenous person convicted of a crime, which provides background as to how the person and their community have been affected by colonialism and the relationship between this and the person's offending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
Topics: law
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History
From R v Gladue (1999), a Supreme Court of Canada case concerning the sentencing of Indigenous offenders.
