Sean Casey at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On April 27th, 2015. See this statement in context.

April 27th, 2015 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Sean Casey Liberal Charlottetown, PE

Thank you.

Forgive me as I continue to try to find a body of evidence to support some of the decisions within the department. My next question is in the same vein.

You indicated that longer sentences will serve to have a general and specific deterrent effect, that this was your belief. Is there any evidence that you can point to that indicates that longer sentences do, in fact, have a deterrent effect?

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