Parliament Must Leave Door Open for Offender Rehabilitation: SCC in R. v. Bissonnette
On May 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided R. v. Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23 [Bissonnette], in which the Court considered the constitutional status of s. 745.51 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46 [“Code”]. In Canadian criminal law, an offender convicted of first-degree murder automatically receives a sentence of life imprisonment, […]