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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
In the UK it used to be called Queen's or majesty's pleasure.
Which meant a indeterminate sentence.
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Canada's Criminal Code does provide for indeterminate sentences. The Crown must apply to have the offender declared as a "dangerous offender" first. If it succeeds, the Court will impose an indeterminate sentence. I'm not familiar with the specific legal test for "dangerous offender" status but, typically, there will have to be a lengthy pattern of violent offending. An average of ~24 offenders are designated "dangerous offenders" by the courts in Canada each year.
Still, I think many Canadians would be surprised to know that such a thing exists.