Indigenous man who fractured victim's skull gets house arrest instead of jail after appeal

B.C.’s top court replaced a 21-month jail sentence with house arrest for Indigenous offender Isaac Harrison Davis, who fractured a man’s skull. The court cited Gladue principles, reducing the sentence due to Davis’ Indigenous background. Davis was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day, with 18 months to be served under house arrest for the assault that caused severe brain injury to the victim.

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