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Canada Supreme Court raises standard of proof required in inmate disciplinary proceedings (www.jurist.org)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided on Friday that the standard of proof required in major disciplinary offense proceedings for inmates would be raised from a “balance of probabilities” to “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Case file: https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/20907/index.do

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That sounds good? That is good right?

Down here in the states the closest an inmate gets to justice is if someone who doesn't work for the department of prisons stumbles upon the mass grave they're in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Proper justice for those inside has to be a good thing right? I'm not really familiar with how it was but needing to provide an appropriate level of evidence to carry out additional punishment has to be a fairer better option?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm just not used to inmates being treated like humans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah that's fair. Everyone is just focused on the punishment side of imprisonment. You tend to forget they are still humans instead of animals or just numbers.