What is the difference between individualized sentencing and sentencing parity?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Jefferson, 2008 ABCA 365 (CanLII):
While individualized sentencing and sentencing parity are undoubtedly competing principles, they are not incompatible. Each supports the recognition that all members of society are “equally deserving of concern, respect and consideration” (Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia 1989 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143, at 171). The comparable but distinct value of each principle is revealed through a brief examination of the diverse roles of the various courts to the end of just sentencing.
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