Sentences with phrase «mandatory minimum jail sentences»

• Criminal Code sections providing for mandatory minimum jail sentences for repeat drinking and driving offenders.

Many other gun offences carry mandatory minimum jail sentences as well

Guess what eliminating 2 - for - 1 pre-trial credit, increased mandatory minimum jail sentences, and tougher parole laws add up to?

A spate of new aggravating factors to be considered on sentencing relate directly to fraud cases and a two - year mandatory minimum jail sentence will be imposed on anyone convicted of a fraud involving $ 1,000,000 or more.

Would anyone be surprised if the next Criminal Code amendment, citing incredible damage to Canadian artists and intellectual property, created a new mandatory minimum jail sentence for Copyright Act violations?

New legislation has introduced severe mandatory minimum jail sentences for those convicted of drug offences.

For this reason, under certain circumstances, trafficking offences carry mandatory minimum jail sentences.

For example, in April 2015, the Court struck down mandatory minimum jail sentences for those who commit crimes with a prohibited gun.

When my clients get arrested for drunk driving in Virginia, sometimes I mention how much better they would have fared in Maryland, which has no mandatory minimum jail sentencing for first - time driving while intoxicated (DWI) defendants, less harsh sanctions than Virginia on driving for first - time...

Especially with changes to the Criminal Code in November of 2012, mandatory minimum jail sentences are more common for some drug offences if there are aggravating circumstances.

Many trafficking charges carry mandatory minimum jail sentences.

Depending on the amount defrauded, you may be facing a mandatory minimum jail sentence.

However, resorting to the pre-emptive use of mandatory minimum jail sentences to tackle revenue crimes is a clear illustration of just how lazy and reflexive we have become in our approach to crime and punishment.

You also face a mandatory minimum jail sentence of 6 months, though it may be suspended in some instances.

48 hours to maximum 30 days in jail, although community service can be given in lieu of the mandatory minimum jail sentence.

The case challenged the constitutionality of section 5 (3)(a)(i)(D) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which created a mandatory minimum jail sentence of one year for drug trafficking in certain situations.

Using a gun (or imitation gun) in the commission of an offence carries a mandatory minimum jail sentence.

First, West Coast LEAF will be intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in a case challenging the constitutionality of a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that creates a mandatory minimum jail sentence of one year for drug trafficking in certain situations.

Because of Client's previous driving history, a conviction would require the Court to impose a mandatory minimum jail sentence on Client.

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