Sentencing Factors Relating to the Offender: Difference between revisions
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==Mental Health== | ===Mental Health=== | ||
Mental health can be a mitigating factor to sentence even where it is not so severe to remove criminal responsibility.<ref> | Mental health can be a mitigating factor to sentence even where it is not so severe to remove criminal responsibility.<ref> | ||
{{CanLIIRP|Peters|1nc5q|2000 NFCA 55 (CanLII)|194 Nfld. & PEIR 184 (NLCA)}}{{perNLCA|Green JA}}, (“the mental illness of an offender will often be considered a mitigating factor in sentencing even though it is not of the sort that would establish a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder at the time of the commission of the offence.”)</ref> | {{CanLIIRP|Peters|1nc5q|2000 NFCA 55 (CanLII)|194 Nfld. & PEIR 184 (NLCA)}}{{perNLCA|Green JA}}, (“the mental illness of an offender will often be considered a mitigating factor in sentencing even though it is not of the sort that would establish a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder at the time of the commission of the offence.”)</ref> | ||