Justice committee  Yes, you have a certain number of effects. Let's take a first shot at least three. Number one, it's very difficult to reconcile minimum sentences with the principle of proportionality, because the principle of proportionality basically is guided by several factors, harm and gui

Justice committee  Hello. I thank the committee for having invited me to appear. My name is Jean-Paul Brodeur and I am a professor at the University of Montreal. I am also director of the International Centre of Comparative Criminology. From 1984 to 1987, I was the director of research for the Can