The Supreme Court of Canada held in a 5-4 decision Friday that mandatory minimum one-year prison sentences for possessing and ...

The decision affirms a ruling of the Quebec Court of Appeal, which said the mandatory minimum sentences violated the Charter ...

The Senate push to reform mandatory minimum sentencing law began Wednesday with a photo opportunity: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) stopping for an uncharacteristically long chat ...

Legal experts say decision shouldn’t leave public with the impression that judges will be more lenient on offenders across the board ...

OTTAWA — Canada’s top court narrowly ruled Friday to strike down the one-year mandatory minimum sentence requirement for the ...

CPC Leader Pierre Poilieve, Alberta's Danielle Smith, Ontario's Doug Ford and others call for Ottawa to invoke ...

A spokesperson for Justice Minister Sean Fraser said his office is reviewing the decision "carefully" and the Carney ...

It didn't get much media attention, but if you go to page 654 of the 655-page the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama on Oct. 28, 2009, you will find Sec. 4713 ...

As part of his stern stance on illegal immigration, Donald Trump plans to have his administration impose mandatory minimum sentences on people convicted of illegally re-entering the country. Trump has ...

Beginning in October, repeat sexual offenders in Florida will serve a minimum of a decade in jail for their crimes. A new Florida law establishing a minimum sentence for people repeatedly convicted of ...

In a divisive decision, the country’s top court struck down the mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography — deeming them unconstitutional.