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"Man found guilty in deaths of two Six Nations youth", p. 2

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Hamilton trial story from page 4 Turnbull found Squire-Hill guilty of three counts of fleeing the scene of the collision "with intent to escape civil or criminal liability," and for not stopping to assist when he knew he had done seriously injury or even killed someone. Tanya Martin called the Judge's decision "extremely fair" saying that these kinds of alcohol or drug deaths need to be treated like manslaughter and that fleeing the scene needs to be taken very seriously. "I implore our justice minister, the Honourable Peter McKay, to do some serious revamping of the Criminal Code," she told reporters outside the courthouse. Standing with Will's mother, Beth Harris, who agreed. "Too many people are getting away with it. My mission is to make sure there are changes. This is vehicular manslaughter," said Martin. Sentencing will come in the fall after a Gladue report is prepared and considered by the court. The issue brings up the question about the Gladue system itself which prepares a biography of the guilty party in cases involving Onkwehon:we people, to consider the background of the person charged and usually results in reduced sentencing and/or participation in rehabilitation programs. It also begs the question that since Squire-­Hill was already well known by Six Nations Police and was already a "fugitive from justice", why did the SNPD not pick him up and arrest him before the tragedy took place.

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