Nunavut faces murder case backlog

Nunavut has more of its citizens in jail per capita than anywhere else in Canada.

APTN National News
Nunavut has more of its citizens in jail per capita than anywhere else in Canada.

And that is putting a real strain on the already overworked justice system across the territory.

This year alone, there are 15 murder cases waiting to be tried.

As APTN National News reporter Wayne Rivers finds out, everyone agrees there is a problem, but not the answer.

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