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The sentence must be proportionate to the nature of the offence. The sentence must be reduced or increased depending on the mitigating and aggravating factors. The sentence must be similar to sentences imposed on similar offenders for similar offences in similar circumstances, but it remains open to the sentencing judge to deviate from the ...
An offender may apply for parole after serving a parole ineligibility period of 25 years for first-degree murder and high treason, and a judge-determined period between 10 and 25 years for second-degree murder. The mandatory sentences for murder have been upheld by the Supreme Court in R v Luxton and R v Latimer, for first and second degree ...
The case was the first time Canada’s terrorism laws were put before a jury in a first-degree murder trial. In delivering her sentencing decision, Pomerance ruled that Veltman’s actions ...
Alexandre Bissonnette, 29, pleaded guilty last year to six counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder for the attack, one of Canada's rare mass shootings. Justice François ...
An offender convicted of murder is ineligible to be declared a dangerous offender for that same homicide (since a mandatory life sentence already applies). Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, youths (12 to 17 years) convicted of murder who are not sentenced as an adult do not face a life sentence. Instead, if convicted of first-degree murder ...
All defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges of first degree murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. At the trial, York Regional Police evidence included exhaustive tracking of mobile device movements and text message traffic, including over 100 messages between Pan and Wong in the six hours prior to the killing.
Conflict of laws R v Malmo-Levine; R v Caine [2003] 3 S.C.R. 571, 2003 SCC 74 December 23, 2003 Possession of marijuana charter challenge R v Clay [2003] 3 S.C.R. 735, 2003 SCC 75 December 23, 2003 Possession of marijuana charter challenge (second) Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (AG) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 76, 2004 SCC 4
Skibicki was found guilty of first-degree murder last month in the killings of Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26, Rebecca Contois, 24, and an unidentified woman who has been given the name ...