Chief Nunavut justice asks Ottawa for more judges

Law & Order | 207899 hits | Jul 29 6:29 pm | Posted by: Strutz

Just months after sending two new judges to Nunavut, the federal government is considering appointing another two members of the bench to help deal with the Arctic territory's soaring rate of violent crime.

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by Strutz
Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:33 am
The number of Criminal Code charges has increased 40 per cent since 2002.

There were nearly 12,000 such charges in 2009. That's more than one charge for every three residents.
"There are now more homicides pending in the Nunavut Court of Justice than in the other two territories combined," Kilpatrick wrote.

In 2006, Nunavut's rate of violent crime was four times the national average. In 2007, its rate of domestic violence was 13 times the national average for women and 14 times the national average for men.

Last year, its rate of sexual assault was 10 times higher than the rest of the country

These are some unbelievable stats.

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