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Sentence. 6 years in prison (reduced from 13 years) [ 6][ 7] Amanda Michelle Todd (November 27, 1996 – October 10, 2012) [ 8][ 9] was a 15-year-old Canadian student and victim of cyberbullying who hanged herself at her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. A month before her death, Todd posted a video on YouTube in which she used a series ...
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel, la Loi sur le système de justice pénale pour les adolescents et d’autres lois et apportant des modifications corrélatives à certaines lois) is a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada.
R v Elliott was a criminal harassment trial based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gregory Alan Elliott was charged with criminally harassing three women in the Toronto area, following a protracted dispute with feminist activist Stephanie Guthrie. The case was considered to have implications for free speech in Canada, and to be the first ...
Criminal Code, ss 14, 241 (b) Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (" Charter ") by several parties, including the family of Kay Carter, a woman suffering from degenerative spinal ...
The Suicide Squad's roster has always been one of reformed and/or incarcerated felons promised commuted sentences in return for participation in high-risk missions. The Squad's lineup has changed many times over the years, since its creation in 1959, [1] and this list groups membership by the team's various eras and incarnations.
The law amends the Criminal Code by adding "gender identity or expression" to the definition of "identifiable group" in section 318 of the Code. [9] [10] Section 318 makes it a criminal offence to advocate or promote genocide against members of an identifiable group, which now includes gender identity or gender expression.
The Criminal Code is a federal statute passed by the Parliament of Canada, which has exclusive constitutional jurisdiction over the criminal law in Canada. [9] There are three separate hatred-related offences: section 318 (advocating genocide ), [ 10 ] section 319(1) (publicly inciting hatred likely to lead to a breach of the peace), [ 11 ] and ...
The Criminal Code ( French: Code criminel) is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. Its official long title is An Act respecting the Criminal Law (French: Loi concernant le droit criminel ), [ 1] and it is sometimes abbreviated as Cr.C. (French: C.Cr.) in legal reports. [ 2] Section 91 (27) of the Constitution Act ...