^^^
Thanks Fredr.
This passage is a bit more bothersome than I thought. Perhaps this was already the case, but I wasn't aware that it was a principle of fundamental justice that young people are entitled to a presumption of diminished moral culpability. That, in and of itself, seems troubling.
More troubling though, is that it seems that the Crown will now have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an adult sentence is appropriate. That's a whole different can o worms, and an awfully heavy burden to put on the Crown, especially in cases where the accused does not present any evidence of his own.
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