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Revision as of 18:30, 3 May 2020
General Principles
The emphasis on sentencing for terrorist offences must be one denunciation and deterrence.[1]
- ↑
R v Hersi, 2019 ONCA 94 (CanLII), per Doherty JA, at para 51
R v Khalid, 2010 ONCA 861 (CanLII), 183 O.R. (3d) 600, per curiam
R v Amara, 2010 ONCA 858 (CanLII), 266 C.C.C. (3d) 422, per curiam
R v Khawaja, 2010 ONCA 862 (CanLII), 103 O.R. (3d) 321, aff’d 2012 SCC 69, [2012] 3 SCR 555, per curiam
Maximum Life Sentences for Terrorist Activities
- Punishment for terrorist activity
83.27 (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person convicted of an indictable offence, other than an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment for life is imposed as a minimum punishment, where the act or omission constituting the offence also constitutes a terrorist activity, is liable to imprisonment for life.
- Offender must be notified
(2) Subsection (1) [terrorist activity – punishment] does not apply unless the prosecutor satisfies the court that the offender, before making a plea, was notified that the application of that subsection would be sought.
2001, c. 41, s. 4.
[annotation(s) added]– CCC
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