Tagged: Proportionality

by Henna Mohan · Nov 29 , 2021

Starting-Point Sentencing is Here to Stay, Supreme Court Rules in R v Parranto

In R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [Parranto], the Supreme Court (“the Court”) weighed in on the criminal sentences of two drug traffickers in Alberta. In the process, they made...

Criminal Law / Life, Liberty, Security

by Alexandra Pester · Mar 21 , 2017

Canada’s Longest Recent Sentences and the Questions and Controversies of Consecutive Life Sentences

On February 17, 2017, Justice Gates of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench handed down what is being referred to as the “harshest” sentence in recent Canadian history, tied with...

Tags: Charter Criminal Code Criminal Law Proportionality Sentencing