In what circumstances will the sentence of a mentally ill individual be reduced to two years?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Mitchell, 2016 ONCJ 731 (CanLII):
[42] In R v. Hook, an unreported 2014 decision of De Freitas J. the sentence was driven by the particular fragility of the defendant and extensive mitigating factors.
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