Ontario Court: Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Ontario Court House Dept: OTTAWA - An Ontario Court judge has struck down a cherished part of the Harper government's tough-on-crime agenda, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Mandatory minimum sentences are the backbone of the Conservative reforms to criminal law and an Ontario Court House is shown in London, May 7, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley Justice Paul Bellefontaine ruled Friday in Oshawa, Ont., that Christopher Lewis a crack dealer who offered to sell an undercover police officer a gun should not have to face the mandatory minimum sentence of three years in jail for firearms trafficking. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.