What is the effect of rehabilitation in criminal law in Canada?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Digiorgio, 2018 ONCJ 398 (CanLII):
In Regina v. Lacasse, infra, at paragraph 4 the court stated: One of the main objectives of Canadian criminal law is the rehabilitation of offenders. Rehabilitation is one of the fundamental moral values that distinguish Canadian society from the societies of many other nations in the world, and it helps the courts impose sentences that are just and appropriate.
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