Breaking News > In a 9-0 landmark which sets out sentencing factors judges should (and misconceptions they should not) take into account when punishing sexual crimes against children, the Supreme Court of Canada has signaled courts should adopt a tougher stance than in the past, given society’s contemporary understanding of the nature and gravity of such offences, their inherent wrongfulness, and the profound harms they cause: R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9. MORE TO COME.

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RECOGNIZANCES AND UNDERTAKINGS

Monday, March 19, 2018 @ 11:58 AM

Application by the Crown for an order that the defendant Ibrahim enter into a recognizance. The Crown submitted that the informant, an RCMP sergeant, had reasonable grounds to fear that Ibrahim...

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