What is the current state of the law on mandatory minimum sentences under Section 12 of the Criminal Code?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Mills, 1997 CanLII 2720 (BC SC):
Regina v. Smith and Regina v. Goltz (1991), 1991 CanLII 51 (SCC), 67 C.C.C. (3d) 481, set out an approach to be taken when evaluating the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences under Section 12.
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