COURT SENTENCES YOUNG PERSON AS AN ADULT IN MURDER / TERRORISM CASE
TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, the Ontario Superior Court, sitting as a youth justice court, imposed an adult sentence on a young person.
- TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, the Ontario Superior Court, sitting as a youth justice court, imposed an adult sentence on a young person.
- The young person in this case was just five months shy of his 18th birthday when he committed these offences.
- The sentence is the maximum allowable under the Criminal Code for a young person sentenced as an adult.
- For the court to impose an adult sentence on a young person, certain criteria must be met, including factors relevant to the young person, and those relevant to the offence, particularly whether a youth sentence would not be of sufficient length to hold the young person accountable for their conduct.