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B.C. Appeal Court highlights need to consider mental illness when sentencing impaired offender

Thursday, March 07, 2019 @ 2:17 PM | By Christopher Guly

Trial judges need to strike the right balance when addressing concurrent issues of intoxication and mental illness in sentencing an offender, according to a recent ruling by the British Columbia Court...