What is the case law on the principle that jail is the response to a criminal offence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Pham, 2008 BCPC 340 (CanLII):
A similar passage appears in a case called R v. Rastgoei, 2008 BCCA 242. Much more serious facts in that case and it was not referred to by counsel, but again, a reiteration of the principle that, all else being equal, jail is the response to these kinds of offences.
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