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In 2009, the Parliament of Canada passed the Truth in Sentencing Act which mostly eliminated a judge's discretion to give credit for pre-trial custody beyond one day for every day served. [14] The bill received Royal Assent on 23 October 2009 and came into force on 22 February 2010.
The first law requiring truth in sentencing in the United States was passed by Washington State in 1984. In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act created the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing program, which awarded grants to states so long as they passed laws requiring that offenders convicted of Part 1 violent crimes must serve at least 85% of the ...
Sentencing and the interpretation of the Truth in Sentencing Act – Unanimous: R v Jackson 2014 SCC 30 : Admissibility of evidence under judicial discretion – Unanimous (oral) Dionne v Commission scolaire des Patriotes 2014 SCC 33 : Occupational health and safety and the right to refuse unsafe work – Unanimous
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In sentencing, when an individual is found guilty of a criminal offence, a Canadian judge must consider the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code as well as relevant Canadian sentencing jurisprudence related to Indigenous Canadians. [3] This distinction is a result of disproportionate sentencing of Indigenous peoples in Canada. [4]
In 2011, Parliament passed the Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murders Act, the Act enacted section 745.51 of the Criminal Code, which gave sentencing judges the discretion to order that parole ineligibility periods for multiple murders be served consecutively. So if an offender was convicted of two first-degree ...
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts; Anti-mask law