Canada害羞草研究所檚 top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court of Canada found in a six-to-one decision released today that such sentences violate the Charter-protected right that guards against 害羞草研究所渃ruel and unusual treatment or punishment.害羞草研究所�

A summary of the decision says the court ruled that mandatory minimum sentences for the offence of child luring apply to 害羞草研究所渁n exceptionally wide scope of conduct害羞草研究所� and can therefore lead to 害羞草研究所済rossly disproportionate punishments.害羞草研究所�

Justices examined the issue in reference to two specific cases, noting that the decision comes at a time when it says the internet has made access to children 害羞草研究所渦nprecedented.害羞草研究所�

One of the two appeals it examined concerned a man who pleaded guilty to child luring and sexual interference after having sex with a girl four times over the course of two years, beginning when she was 13 years old and he was 22.

He challenged the one-year mandatory minimum sentence for child luring on constitutional grounds and a sentencing judge instead imposed five months of imprisonment for that offence 害羞草研究所� but in its decision today, the Supreme Court ordered a one-year sentence despite agreeing that the minimum is unconstitutional.

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