The Supreme Court of Canada recently considered the validity of a rebuttable presumption that minors committing serious offences should be sentenced as adults. A majority of the Court concluded that the presumption offended against the right not to be deprived of liberty otherwise than in accordance with principles of fundamental justice under s 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Detailed case note.
Found in 03. Children and Young People, 2008, Canadian Court or Tribunal, Comparative Domestic, s23 - Children in the Criminal Process, Select International and Comparative Caselaw
