Conditional sentences help weave together hypothetical scenarios, probabilities, and cause-and-effect relationships. Understanding conditionals isn’t only important in mastering the subtleties of ...

A conditional sentence, as originally enacted in 1996, is a term of imprisonment (sometimes called "house arrest") that may be served in the community if the following preconditions were met: An Act ...

OTTAWA — Equating time served in the community with time spent in jail opens up the door to absurd possibilities within immigration law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. In an unanimous ...

The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that changing the rules for conditional sentences could cost taxpayers an extra $145 million because of increased parole reviews and prosecutions ...

OTTAWA – The number of offenders who were permitted to serve their time at home rather than in prisons and jails climbed five per cent last year, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. The increase in ...

A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has found that Criminal Code provisions prohibiting conditional sentences for certain offences did not infringe an Indigenous woman’s equality rights, because ...

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