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Court finds conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2022

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of provisions that prevent an offender from avoiding jail by serving their sentence in the community, finding no evidence they had a disproportionate effect on Indigenous people. In a 5-4 decision Friday, the top court overturned an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that found ... Read More »