The accused:

“I am a young man who has made poor choices for himself but I am making changes to better myself. I do not want to be that 30 year old Black man who is a lost cause as I have potential to do something with my life.”

The Court:

“He thereby raises not only a point about himself, but about the need to ameliorate the over incarceration of young men in the African Canadian community.”

Final Court decision:

http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2016/2016canlii30545/2016canlii30545.html