http://opp.ca/index.php?lng=en&id=115&entryid=6009c4bcffaafb36b702fb23
MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES – ““Mandatory minimums are being struck down on an ad hoc basis, province to province,” It has reached the point that neither lawyers nor Judges know which mandatory minimum sentences have been struck down and where.
THE CONTINUED CRIMINALIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
THE COVID EFFECT – Pandemic outbreaks in jails.
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SENTENCES FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES ARE INCREASING DRAMATICALLY
“Sexual offences against children are among the most severe and so the penalties imposed on those convicted of such offences should be of the most severe.”
THE COVID EFFECT – BAIL
In Brampton, charges were stayed as the accused was held in custody for 12 days before he had a bail hearing. There are “long-standing and glaring systemic issues,” in Brampton’s bail court.
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