What is the current state of the law on sexual assault?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v. J.H., 2010 NSSC 120 (CanLII):
In a recent decision of R v. Tanner, [2010] NSSC No. 82 our Court on Summary Sentence Appeal upheld a suspended sentence of one year probation where the offender touched the breast of a cashier at a local store with accompanying words that were disgustingly sexual in nature.
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