1. Responsibility and Sentencing
- I refer now to the R. vs Machekequonabe case where the defendant killed a person believing he was a Wendigo' (a bad spirit in human flesh which would eat a human being). ... We have a very interesting situation here -if we only punish the person for the actus reus, which causes the wrongdoing, then punishment is resultant of bad luck. In my opinion, the Criminal Code shouldn't deal with such things as chance, luck, fortune or such other things. ...
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