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flag Canadian Green Party deputy leader's protest-related jail sentence cut from 60 to 39 days.

flag The deputy leader of Canada's Green Party, Angela Davidson, had her prison sentence reduced from 60 to 51 days by a B.C. flag appeal court, which deemed her original sentence for defying court orders during protests against logging in Fairy Creek too harsh. flag Davidson, who is running as the Green Party's candidate in the Northwest Territories for the upcoming federal election, was charged with seven counts of criminal contempt for her role in the protests. flag The appeal judges acknowledged her actions "struck at the heart of the rule of law" but decided the sentence should be reduced to 39 days, accounting for time already served.

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