Does the identification of "punishment" in the context of section 11(i) of the Charter apply to a child as a punishment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Simmonds, 2015 BCSC 737 (CanLII):
In Liang v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 BCCA 190, at para. 45, the court held that this framework also applies to the identification of “punishment” in the context s. 11(i) of the Charter.
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