CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Restorative Justice, Suspended Sentence, Community Service
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Monday, february 26, 2018 chapter 7 & 8 week 8. The case for the defence: wrong person (alibi, fabricated allegation, self defence, duress, or necessity, consent, automatism, ncrmd. Pro family member, society is out of their mind temporarily should the accused spend the rest of their life in jail paying for it? (pro argument: procedural. Restorative justice approach: victim / o ender (triangle side accountability, victim / community (triangle side community safety, community / o ender (triangle side competency development) skills developed to have the o ender not o end again. Have to be swift, severe, and certain punishment not something as prominent in canada. Mandatory release changed to statutory release (corrections of canada changed it) Considerations: a sentence should be increased or reduced to account for any relevant aggravating or mitigating circumstances relating to the o ence or o ender. Evidence that the o ence was motivated by bias, prejudice, or hate (eg. racism)
