1. Delivering Criminal Justice
CHAPTER 11
Delivering Criminal Justice

2. Plea Bargaining >80% of cases are handled this way How it works?
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Crowns become de facto judges
Do you agree with plea bargaining?

3. Purposes of Sentencing
4 aims:
Denunciation
Deterrence
Separation (segregation)
Rehabilitation
Judges typically use their discretion since the Criminal Code typically provides maximum sentences only
Some offences carry statutorily prescribed minimum sentences (eg. Firearms offences, homicide)
Factors judges consider?
Aggravating/mitigating circumstances
S. 718 of CC lists 6 sentencing objectives (p. 328)
Factors judges consider: pre-sentence report, victim impact statement, crown & defence submissions, plea, remorse, etc.

4. Case: R. v. Latimer
Go to polleverywhere.com and text your votes on the Latimer case!

5. Sentencing Options Absolute/conditional discharge Probation Fine
Intermittent sentence
Conditional sentence (eg. House arrest)
Imprisonment (incarceration)
Dangerous offender
Long-term offender

6. Wrongful Convictions Donald Marshall David Milgaard Guy Paul Morin
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
Steven Truscott
Romeo Phillion
AIDWYC and the Innocence Project