Sentences with phrase «parole ineligibility»

Oland was sentenced to life imprisonment, but allowed the minimum parole ineligibility of ten years, which was the recommendation of the jury (R. v. Oland, 2016 NBQB 43, at para. 36 (Feb. 11, 2016)-RRB-.

This section sets out in what circumstances murder is classified, for parole ineligibility purposes, as first - degree.

Criminal Law: Murder 1; Parole Ineligibility R. v. Jackson (Ont.

She was convicted primarily on the basis of the now - recanted statement of her former roommate, Wendy Scott, who pleaded guilty to second - degree murder in exchange for a reduced period of parole ineligibility.

At sentencing, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elliott Myers asked the jury — as the Criminal Code requires — to provide a recommendation on the period of parole ineligibility (between the minimum of 10 years and maximum of 25).

And while parole ineligibility doesn't carry nearly the same gravity as capital punishment, Rankin says the provision is still extraordinary — it remains the only instance where juries are asked to make a recommendation on sentencing.

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Criminal Law: Pre-Sentence Credit R. v. Carvery (N.S.C.A., Oct. 3, 2012)(35115) Ineligibility for early release / parole may justify pre-sentence credit under the Truth in Sentencing Act.

Depending upon the particular campaign finance law involved, which isn't clearly specified, there might be a criminal penalty (either a misdemeanor or a minor felony) as well, which could give rise to a probation sentence, a sentence to some period of incarceration, a period of post-release parole, criminal fines, court costs, and, at least in the case of a felony, some collateral consequences of that conviction such as a prohibition on owning a gun and ineligibility for many occupations and jobs.

R. v. Carvery, 2012 NSCA 107 (35115) Ineligibility for early release / parole may justify pre-sentence credit under the Truth in Sentencing Act.