SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Weighing Scale, General Social Survey, Actus Reus
1 Aug 2018
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Prohibition = the act is against the law. Penalty = how much they can be convicted. Indictable offences: the most serious, where the defender and prosecutor have the right to a jury, carries the biggest punishments. Summary offences: not that serious, very likely you are not getting jail, usually probation or a fine, don"t need to have a jury. Hybrid offences: mix of the indictable and summary, not sure where the offence falls a. Allows the prosecution to pick where they want to go i. ii. They look at the individual offender and look at their case/records. Defense pokes hole and they have to give the jury and judge reasonable doubt. The crows has to prove that the person being charged actually did the crime. The crown has to prove that the actions were unwarranted. The crown needs to prove that the behaviour actually caused damage. Protecting the mentally ill or the morally innocent.
