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SCC ruling opens door to attacks on use of sentencing ranges, starting points: defence counsel

Tuesday, April 07, 2020 @ 1:04 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

Lower courts’ use of starting points for sentences is ripe for challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada, following recent comments from the top court in a landmark case on sentencing...

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