Friends of Cindy Gladue, Lisa Weber,(left) Brandy Poorman (middle) and Kari Thomason (right) talk to the media after Bradley Barton was found guilty of manslaughter for the killing of Gladue in an Edmonton hotel room nearly a decade ago. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia
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EDMONTON Lawyers say the retrial of a man to be sentenced next week for killing a woman in his hotel room 10 years ago is an example of how cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls should be handled.
They say Bradley Barton’s second trial was an improvement over the first, because instructions to jurors included reminders of the traumatic effects of colonialism and encouraged them not to judge the woman’s heritage and lifestyle.
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For friends of Gladue, the verdict is bittersweet.
Lisa Weber, Brandy Poorman, Kari Thomason speak outside court after Bradley Barton was convicted in the death of Cindy Gladue. (Sean McClune/CTV News Edmonton) “She was silenced, and so she didn’t have the opportunity to tell her side of the story,” said Lisa Weber. “It’s been a long journey to get here. We’re happy that Cindy finally got her justice,” Brandy Poorman said outside court. “He’s going to jail. He’s being accountable, and that’s what needs to happen. He needs to be held to account, and now he finally has. He can’t run from it,” said Kari Thomason.
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