CRMN 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Suspended Sentence, Restorative Justice, Due Process
15 Oct 2018
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Crime is that behaviour prohibited by the criminal code. Crime is that behaviour that violates social norms. Crime is that behaviour so defined by agents and activities of the powerful. Two parties looking to win a case. Prosecutor - two concerns: justice, successful prosecution. Evidence - as much as possible examined. Promotes the legitimacy of the criminal justice system. Efficiency over procedural justice (cooperation of sides) In the absence of fair procedure, just trial cannot occur. Sense of orderliness, of subjection to known legal rules and of executive accountability to legal authority (resolution to amend the. No privileged exemptions, equality before the law. Rules to ensure fairness and justice in law. Notion of legal equality: section 15 of charter. Each individual is equal under the law and is entitled to be treated without discrimination, based on, for example, age, sexual orientation, sex, race, ethnicity, religion and mental or physical disability. (goff, 8)
