Case delineates roles of sentencing judge, parole board

By Nathan Baker ( December 11, 2020, 12:05 PM EST) -- Credit where credit is due; so the saying goes. The question of who applies the credit for presentence custody was considered in the recent case of R. v. McKenna 2020 NBCA 71. In the case, the accused was convicted of second-degree murder. This carries with it a minimum sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for at least 10 years....
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