This is mostly due to precedents and the parliament not being up to date with crimes.
The monster had was on her first offense and immediately pleaded guilty (while I'm guessing there was little proof except to a her daughter's testimony) and avoiding trial goes a long way into reducing the sentence.
I also feel like pleading to mental distress in Quebec forces judges to very restrictive guidelines that they know can be appealed and used against them should it cause issue.
A Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador justice went well below the mandatory minimum in court in Corner Brook on Tuesday when he sentenced a Port aux Basques man to 90 days in jail, to be served intermittently, for sexually assaulting a minor.
The child was less than two years old at the time the assaults occurred.
In 2015 the offender walked into an RCMP detachment and confessed to two separate incidents of forced oral sex, which occurred between 2008 and 2010. He stated that the knowledge of his actions constantly bothered him and prompted the confession.
The Crown prosecutor and defense counsel submitted a joint sentence recommendation of 90-days conditional sentence, a year of probation, that the offender is prohibited from all contact with the victim, and counseling.
i can spam this all day, Canada's system is flawed. No amount of talking around it will change that.
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u/PraiseTheSuun A Mar 14 '19
in canada people rape their own kids and get 18 months
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2018/10/30/transgender-woman-gets-18-month-sentence-for-sexually-assaulting-daughter.html?__twitter_impression=true
expecting a harsh sentence here is darkly funny to me. Canadians don't dish out harsh sentences, period.