Poor Man’s Justice is the true story of one man’s fight to survive a decade of judicial abuse in Canada’s courts and correctional institutions. Protected by postions of power and control; lawyers, judges and prison officials use deception and lies to suppress a Crown offered plea-bargain which results in near catastrophic consequences for a father and three children. Supported by court transcripts, diary notes, correctional records and taped interviews, this unsettling manipulation of a citizen’s legal rights comes to light when the unethical collaboration between the prosecutor and legal-aid attorney is exposed on appeal. At issue is a misrepresented forensic report written by a justice system social worker that degrades and dehumanizes the father while the mitigating circumstances of the assault on the other man; considered and explained by an institutional psychiatrist is left unheard. Despite this revelation and the unethical actions and abuses used to gain the father’s plea, which he highlights in the Appellate Court while acting as his own counsel; at a second hearing before new judges and a court offered lawyer, he is silenced and can only listen to the proceedings that result in a denial of appeal. When harsh demands to capitulate to the judicial corruption is rejected by the father; two years later while fighting the legal dishonesty and character assassination during parole, Corrections Canada and the National Parole Board manufacture false documentation and use a vindictive revocation to silence him inside a high-security institution…This dangerous and abusive act of power and control used by Canada’s justice system to gain compliance nearly cost a father his life and left a family in turmoil for years to come!
Lady Justice…End corruption and abuse in your courts and correctional institutions…fair and equal justice for all.