CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ope, Postpartum Depression, Criminal Negligence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

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What are the classification of offences: summary offences / summary conviction offences, their case will be heard by provincial court judge, (cid:712)(cid:727)(cid:724)(cid:744)"(cid:737)(cid:724) (cid:705)i(cid:706)(cid:707)(cid:710) (cid:734)(cid:725)(cid:725)(cid:724)(cid:733)(cid:722)(cid:724)(cid:738), (cid:733)(cid:734)(cid:739) (cid:720)(cid:738) (cid:738)(cid:724)(cid:737)(cid:728)(cid:734)(cid:740)(cid:738), ex; trespassing, trying to find a prostitute. If found guilty, incarnation not exceeding six months. If the defendant is not facing jail time, they could face a fine, the max fine being : charges must be laid within six months of commission of offence. Max. length of sentence 18 months vs 10 years for summary sexual assault. The act is named after matthew shepard and james byrd jr. [6] shepard was a student who was tortured and murdered in 1998 near laramie, wyoming. The attack was widely reported due to his being gay, and the trial employed a gay panic defense. [6][7] byrd was an african american man who was tied to a truck by two white supremacists, dragged behind it, and decapitated in jasper, texas, in 1998.