Sentences with phrase «credited against sentence»

would give rise to the possibility that one of two public servants found guilty of the same offense in the same circumstances could suffer the vacancy of their employment, and the other avoid such vacancy, for the sole reason that one of them pled guilty shortly after arrest (and thus had no pre-sentence custody to be credited against sentence), and the other pled not guilty and had many months in pre-sentence custody to be credited.

Not exact matches

Nor, to my knowledge, has Nurse spoken out against politicians talking nonsense about solar and wind, a topic on which James Hansen, to his credit, has spoken out, condemning as sentencing his grandchildren to drinking green koolaid.

Allows time spent in actual custody to be credited in each sentence against the term of imprisonment if the defendant is released from custody pending trial on at least one charge, but remains in actual custody because of not being released pending trial on any other charge.

In a pair of decisions delivered this morning, R. v. Summers, 2014 SCC 26, and a companion case, R. v. Carvery, 2014 SCC 27, the Supreme Court has endorsed the trial courts» practice of routinely crediting time spent by accused persons before their sentencing on a more than one - to - one basis against the total duration of their sentence, the Truth in Sentencing Act, enacted by Parliament in 2009, notwitsentencing on a more than one - to - one basis against the total duration of their sentence, the Truth in Sentencing Act, enacted by Parliament in 2009, notwitSentencing Act, enacted by Parliament in 2009, notwithstanding.