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{
"time": "2015-02-23 16:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bob Dechert",
"fr": "M. Bob Dechert"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3993308\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Mayes, I understand that when you spoke about this bill in the House of Commons you said, \u201cThe seriousness of offences set out in the bill would ensure that the parole ineligibility period would only be applied in cases\u201d where murderers have a \u201clack of remorse and if the act of violence was a heinous and brutal act of violence or sexual assault ending in murder.\u201d Also, you said, \u201cAllowing for judicial discretion and not a mandatory minimum sentence...\u201d, as we've just been discussing, and again today you've said that this would give the judge additional discretion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3993309\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Tell us why that's important and why you chose to go that route in this bill. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3993308\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur Mayes, je crois comprendre que, lorsque vous avez parl\u00e9 de ce projet de loi \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, vous avez dit: \u00ab Les dispositions du projet de loi concernant la gravit\u00e9 des infractions feraient en sorte que la prolongation du d\u00e9lai pr\u00e9alable \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle ne s'appliquerait que dans les cas o\u00f9 le meurtrier n'\u00e9prouve aucun remords, et o\u00f9 l'infraction est un acte de violence ou une agression sexuelle de nature odieuse et brutale ayant men\u00e9 jusqu'au meurtre. \u00bb Vous avez ajout\u00e9: \u00ab En s'en remettant \u00e0 la discr\u00e9tion judiciaire au lieu d'imposer des peines minimales obligatoires... \u00bb, comme nous venons d'en parler, et vous avez dit encore aujourd'hui que le juge aurait un plus grand pouvoir discr\u00e9tionnaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3993309\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dites-nous pourquoi c'est important et pourquoi vous avez choisi cette voie pour ce projet de loi.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/justice/41-2/63/bob-dechert-6/",
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"source_id": "8589800",
"document_url": "/committees/justice/41-2/63/",
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