Mandatory(?) Minimums: R v Nasogaluak
Friday's equivocal Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") decision in R v Nasogaluak, 2010 SCC 6 [Nasogaluak], can be viewed both as upholding mandatory minimum sentences and as "a noteworthy chink in the previously impenetrable wall" of mandatory minimums. The Court held that, despite conclusive evidence of a Charter violation emanating from police violence, the sentencing judge had no […]