Criminal

SCC endorses new restrictive view of Charter right ‘to the lesser punishment’

Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 3:36 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

The Supreme Court of Canada has split 4-3 to endorse a narrower interpretation of an offender’s s. 11(i) Charter right to be sentenced to “the lesser punishment” in cases where penalties...

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