LAWS 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Victim Impact Statement, Penal Labour, Conditional Sentence
3 Dec 2018
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Origins: our current sentencing scheme was not originally derived from the realities of modern life in canadian society. Judges will look at the offence: the person allowed to find the person guilty is the judge, listen to the submission of the lawyers. Indeed, the typical factors taken into account in "individualizing the sentence" namely the personality of the offender, the likelihood of recidivism and the circumstances of the offence, may have little to do with the harshness of the sentence. It must be combined with either a fine or a term or imprisonment not exceeding two years (s. 731) Imprisonment-is the physical confinements and restraint of an offender within a penal institution for the duration of the term of the sentence, subject to early release on parole: federal or provincial. If a accused of 90 days or less: they may be able to do it on a interment sentencing (weekend jail: friday-
