CRM 3312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Diminished Responsibility, Criminal Negligence, Malice Aforethought
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Adult sentences under the ycja: court holds a sentencing hearing following a conviction/plea, the court must determine which sentence should be imposed, all the parties can speak at this point now (victims, family members, etc. ) It"s only at this point that the media may publish information about the youth (name, etc) only after sentencing. If the youth is under age 18 at sentencing, it"s a possibility to serve in a youth facility. If the youth is 18 years or older and sentence is less than 2 years, may go to provincial jail: two years and less than a day. If the youth is 18 years or older and the sentence is more than 2 years, they may go to a federal prison. It relates to diminished capacity, nature and seriousness of the offence that judges have to take into account. Sentencing reform - principles bill c-10 - 176-183: adds 2 new objectives to sentencing principles (sec.