Traduction de «translation of appel de la peine minimale » (Français → Anglais) :

appeal a minima

In this regard and in very brief summary, Bill C-10 includes provisions that purport to: first, establish mandatory minimum penalties for serious drug trafficking offences, including those carried out for the benefit of organized crime; second, establish mandatory minimum penalties for the offences of importing, exporting and producing certain drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, and marijuana; third, support the efforts of the National Anti-Drug Strategy to combat the illicit drug trade by targeting drug suppliers; fourth, increase the maximum penalties for illegal activities involving so-called " date-rape drugs " ; an ...[+++]d, fifth, in cases where the offender has a drug addiction, this proposed legislation would allow a court to suspend or eliminate a mandatory minimum sentence if the addicted offender successfully undergoes a drug treatment program.

Members will also note that it would be up to the judge whether the mandatory minimum sentence would be excessively harsh and whether there is another sanction that would be more reasonable in the circumstances, and the judge would have to give reasons, thereby allowing the Crown to appeal the judge's decision if the decision states that the mandatory minimum would not apply.

In non-EU countries where the death penalty still exists, the EU urges them to restrict it by abiding to minimum standards, such as not issuing the death penalty for non-violent crimes, or as a mandatory sentence.

With respect to the whole issue of minimum mandatory sentences and starting point sentencing, the court of appeal says, quoting Chief Justice Lane in two appeal courts in England and Wales, “We are not aiming at uniformity of sentence; that would be impossible.