What is the appropriate sentence for a minor who sexually assaulted a young girl?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. M.S.C., 2006 BCPC 452 (CanLII):
R v. Hall [2005] B.C.J. No. 2590 involved three incidents over a two-year period with a four-to-five-year-old victim. In that case a 20-month sentence was imposed and upheld. At page 2, Justice Southin, in paragraph 7 states: The authorities do express the proposition that these sentences have both a deterrent and denunciatory effect and we are obliged to apply that proposition in this court. By that I take it that she's referring to a sentence of jail because that's what she's just upheld in her reasons.
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