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Decentralized Democracy

Brent Cotter

  • Senator
  • Independent Senators Group
  • Saskatchewan
  • Jun/22/22 2:00:00 p.m.

Senator Cotter: I didn’t go back and study the record, Senator Batters, and I wasn’t referring to the quality of examination of mandatory minimums. I was referring to the vast body of law in the law of sentencing, and my guess is that it was not extensively studied and adequately enough respected in this exercise. In my judgment, the introduction of mandatory minimum sentences imposes constraints on judges implicitly because of lack of confidence in them and the system they administer.

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