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Are mandatory minimum sentences the solution to haphazard justice?
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Dec. 17, 2010
On Parliament Hill this week, legislation to impose mandatory minimum sentencing for serious drug offences was on the agenda in the House of Commons and the Senate. Currently, the law sets only maximum penalties… Minimum sentences and pattern sentencing bring “the superficial notion” that everyone charged with a particular crime will be treated the same, he said. But not everyone or every crime is the same… each case involves different circumstances and different individuals. The problem of judges doing something unacceptable can easily be remedied by appeals…
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