Sentences with phrase «expanding judicial discretion»

Expanding Judicial Discretion: Between Legal and Conflict Considerations.

Both bills, in different ways and to different extents, would reduce mandatory minimums and expand judicial discretion, thus reducing unnecessarily harsh sentences and lessening unchecked prosecutorial power.

Not exact matches

Canadian courts have continued to expand the principles of fundamental justice since B.C. Motor Vehicles Reference, adding new (and yet somehow fundamental) principles, some of which have invited a great deal of uncertainty and judicial discretion, such as the principle that laws should not be «over-broad.»

On the one hand, the decision reflects a desire to put more discretion in the hands of trial judges and to expand the boundaries of judicial decision - making.