Alexandra Hoy David Doherty and Justices Mary Lou Benotto

William Gorewich: William Gorewich, a Newmarket judge, cited a significant cultural gap while discussing his reasons for imposing the light sentence, which the three-judge appeal panel found to be manifestly unfit, according to Toronto Star. This was not a sentence that was slightly outside of the appropriate range. The judgment, published Wednesday, overturned an 18-month sentence for an Iranian immigrant convicted of long-standing and ongoing abuse of his wife and children. It was far outside the range, wrote Justices Mary Lou Benotto, Alexandra Hoy and David Doherty. The convicted man, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, moved to Canada with his family in 2009. Cultural norms that condone or tolerate conduct contrary to Canadian criminal law must not be considered a mitigating factor on sentencing, the judges ruled, adding two and a half years to his sentence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.