Lawyers argue high bar needed to rebut 'diminished moral blameworthiness' Government contends seriousness of offence helps justify adult sentencing Canadian Supreme Court to hear arguments on ...

U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden concluded that severe mental illness significantly mitigated ‘the blameworthiness’ of the defendant.

A 2008 Supreme Court decision put the burden on prosecutors to rebut the presumption a youth has diminished moral blameworthiness in order for them to be treated as an adult.

Const. Boris Borissov, a Toronto police officer found guilty of misusing police resources, falsifying police reports and stealing from dead people, was handed his sentence on Tuesday.

Jamie Kah’s blameworthiness and recklessness was substantiated because “she ought to have known her actions were being filmed”, counsel acting for stewards said in closing submissions to her ...

An Ontario iron worker who tried to have a threesome with his highly intoxicated wife after she passed out has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Choking a woman while raping her has landed a Calgary man with a tragic history in his African homeland a five-year prison term.

Unwanted threesome with wife lands Ontario iron worker behind bars for sexual assault The woman 'suddenly awoke and bolted from the scene in a state of shock and distress' ...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear case two cases determining whether courts are appropriately applying SCC precedent and Youth Criminal Justice Act provisions that created a presumption of ...

Jamie Kah's blameworthiness and recklessness was substantiated because "she ought to have known her actions were being filmed", counsel acting for stewards said in closing submissions to her white ...

Jamie Kah’s blameworthiness and recklessness was substantiated because “she ought to have known her actions were being filmed”, counsel acting for stewards said in closing submissions to her ...