Paper details Read the Case Study found on page 167 through 169 of the course text, “Thinking About Criminal Justice in Canada” second addition. Review the New Brunswick judges’ sentencing decision in R v Bourque 2014. Review the CBC report regarding the debate surrounding the lengthy sentence given to Bourque following his conviction on three counts of first degree murder of RCMP officers.
Answer the following questions.
1. What do you think a judge should have in mind when sentencing an offender? 2. Think back to the sentence to would have given to Matt in case study #1, did you have the same principles of punishment in mind when reading about the Moncton shootings? 3. What similarities and differences can you identify in how you would approach these two cases?
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