Sentencing Information Sheet
What does a judge consider when sentencing in Criminal Court? What types of sentences can be given? What is a Pre-Sentence Report? Victim Impact Statement? Sentencing circle?
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- Provincial Court of British Columbia
- produced in
- 2015
- last reviewed
- March 2019 i Last date reviewed by a qualified expert to ensure content up-to-date. See "Tips" in Clicklaw content criteria (bottom of pageside menu) for details.
- resource type
- basics
- tags
- sentencing objectives, absolute discharge, conditional discharge, suspended sentence, probation order, compensation, restitution, suspension of privilege, fine, imprisonment, conditional sentence order, jail sentence, pre-sentence report, victim impact statement, sentencing circle
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