10 cases tracked, 5 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 4
- No jail for a violent offence
- 3
- Increased on appeal
- 0
- Offender offended again
- 0
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Leniency score
23
Rank 22 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 4 of 12 at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Sentences averaged 16% below the Crown’s ask across 8 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. Slauenwhite, November 3, 2025
- R. v. Desrosiers, May 16, 2025
- R. v. Greek, March 3, 2025, flagged
- R v. Himmelman, November 21, 2024, flagged
- R. v. J.K.G., July 10, 2024
- R v. Chambers, February 20, 2024, flagged
- R. v. N.J.A., May 11, 2023, flagged
- R. v. Tibbo, October 19, 2022
- R. v. Slauenwhite, March 30, 2022
- R. v. Cox, March 17, 2022, flagged
- Property
- Violent
- Firearms
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- March 3, 2025R. v. Greek, 2025 NSSC 144
- Below the Crown's ask
5 years 9 months total, less remand credit: 2 years and 27 days remaining in a federal institution - November 21, 2024R v. Himmelman, 2024 NSSC 411
- No jail for a violent offence
13 months conditional sentence (house arrest), then 1 year probation - February 20, 2024R v. Chambers, 2024 NSSC 67
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Conditional discharge with 16 months probation; $3,500 restitution - May 11, 2023R. v. N.J.A., 2023 NSSC 417
- No jail for a violent offence
Suspended sentence with 12 months probation; s. 109 weapons prohibitionNo custody - March 17, 2022R. v. Cox, 2022 NSSC 95
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
6 years and 6 months' imprisonment (federal), less 129 days' pre-sentence credit
Other tracked cases
- November 3, 202512 months conditional (house arrest), then 24 months probation; restitution of $6,229.91
- May 16, 20256.5 years plus 14 days in prison, less 2,364 days' remand credit (14 days left to serve), followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order
- July 10, 20246 months in custody, then a consecutive 6-month conditional sentence, then 1 year probation
- October 19, 20226 months' imprisonment, then 12 months' probation; restitution of $98,156
- March 30, 20222 years less a day conditional sentence (12 months house arrest, then curfew), restitution of $56,773
Offences sentenced
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