Laura Cameron, partner at Pinsent Masons, says: «Many of those currently subject to proceedings may be well advised to enter early guilty pleas in appropriate cases in order to expedite their cases.» (newlawjournal.co.uk)
If ignition interlock is succeeding in tempting offenders into early guilty pleas and keeping Ontario's roads safe, my much critiqued proposal to substitute the criminalization of impaired driving with a more robust ignition interlock Highway Traffic Act program would only serve to multiply the cost - saving benefits of the Criminal Code provisions while endangering no one. (slaw.ca)
In addition to all the extra time offenders will spend in prison, an unintended consequence of these provisions is to substantially disincentivize early guilty pleas. (slaw.ca)