PFP 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Retributive Justice, Extenuating Circumstances, Single Parent
30 Jan 2020
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S. 718 of the cc= denounce, deter, safeguard society, and assist in rehabilitation. Based off-balancing these considerations is how a judge sentences someone. Breaches involving abuse of children - deter and denounce. Proportionality - punishment should match the crime. Accessories of the crime or after the fact. If crime in rural sackawan or urban gta the sentence should be the same or similar based on equal circumstances. It is not a disparity if we have a 14-year-old and a 40-year-old. Circumstances are different than its okay for them to be different sentences. Unless there is a distinction in provincial law. A judge has some discretion in sentencing. Minimum for an adult, guilty but no conviction, no conditions, goes away after a year. Minimum for an adult, guilty but no conviction, no conditions, goes away after 3 years and conditions. Condition 1-3 years, this is a conviction that stays on their record. A probation officer that the individual reports to.
