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Posted: Feb 19, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19
Sem Paul Obed is shown in a photo provided by Halifax Regional Police in 2014.(Halifax Regional Police)
A corrections officer who worked with Sem Paul Obed in the 1990s testified at his dangerous offender hearing Thursday in Halifax about the obstacles Indigenous inmates faced, including racism, poverty and substance abuse.
The dangerous offender hearing stems from a violent June 2018 sexual assault Obed admitted to committing. The Crown is looking to have Obed, who is originally from Hopedale in eastern Labrador, locked up indefinitely. His lawyer, Brad Sarson, has questioned whether less restrictive sentences might be available.