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R. v. Nur, 2015
From: The Court and the Charter
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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada struck down mandatory minimum sentences for convictions for possessing prohibited or restricted firearms with readily accessible ammunition as constituting cruel or unusual treatment or punishment. The dissenting opinion argued that the hypothetical situations contemplated by the majority were speculative and not grounded in experience or common sense.
Contributors
Tom Bateman
Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
Janet Hieber
Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Rainer Knopff
Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Peter Russell
Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.
