CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Community Sentence, Restorative Justice, Shoplifting
9 Dec 2016
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Defendant, crown prosecutor, defense counsel, judge, jury, victim, witness. Ci(cid:448)il la(cid:449) is i(cid:374) que(cid:271)e(cid:272), other(cid:449)ise it"s e(cid:374)glish (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) la(cid:449) Responsible for determining the guilt or innocence of the accused and with imposing an appropriate sentence upon the convicted. Protection of rights of the individual and society (i. e. same sex marriage) Limited to offense with maximum sentence of 5 years or more. Usually at the request of the defendant but may be ordered by the judge. May be sentenced or remanded to be sentenced another day. Type of court depends on seriousness of offense. Some offenses may be tried immediately before a provincially appointed judge. (cid:862)the ri(cid:272)h get ri(cid:272)her a(cid:374)d the poor get priso(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)book(cid:895) May appeal verdict or sentence or criminal responsibility. Hears only cases involving important points of law. I. e. making a kid work in a store after shoplifting instead of sending them through the legal system.
