Liberals looking to build wiggle room into mandatory minimums brought

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Looks like the Liberals will be looking at mandatory minimum sentences. They will probably get rid of some of them for the lesser "crimes" and keep them for serious crimes. I think it's important to have a good criminal justice policy in Canada. How should we deal with this problem?

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/liberals-looking-to-build-wiggle-room-into-mandatory-minimums-brought-in-by-conservatives

[dialamah]

I don't like the idea of trading an early guilty plea for a reduced sentence. People who are without funds or adequate representation are already being browbeaten into plea deals, even when they're innocent.

[cybercoma]

Mandatory Minimum sentences do nothing more than undermine the right to a fair trial by giving crown attorneys more power during the plea stage. The facts of a case and the circumstances of your crimes mean nothing when judges are stripped of judicial discretion.

[PIK]

Keep dangerous people off the streets longer.

[dre]

Keep dangerous people off the streets longer.

It also creates more dangerous people.