Posted on 17/05/08
Sleight-of-hand at the Supreme Court
Seldom in recent years has a constitutional decision seemed so conjured out of thin air. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the youth-justice law's presumption that 14- to 17-year-olds who commit the most serious offences, such as murder, will receive adult penalties. Its legal justification was simply baffling. It can be understood only as a policy choice, usurping Parliament's role.
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