Poverty is a big one, for sure. Others are racism, lack of opportunity, lack of education, and not really understanding how the criminal justice system works. I don't think people really understand the notion of what their rights are—the right to silence, the right to counsel, all of those things that we understand as being something every Canadian is entitled to. People don't necessarily understand that. They think, when the police question them, let's say, that they have to answer their questions. They don't, and people don't understand that.
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