Top court recommends ‘safety valves’

By Cristin Schmitz ( April 28, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT) -- The Supreme Court’s invalidation of two excessively punitive and overbroad Harper government sentencing initiatives will trigger court action, and ramp up pressure on Parliament to legislate a general “safety valve” enabling judges to impose lesser sentences in cases where mandatory minimum penalties create injustice, lawyers predict....