19 cases tracked, 3 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 5
- No jail for a violent offence
- 0
- Increased on appeal
- 0
- Offender offended again
- 0
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Leniency score
14
Rank 55 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 10 of 12 at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Sentences averaged 11% below the Crown’s ask across 18 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. Urquhart, June 26, 2026
- R. v. Greenwood, April 1, 2026
- R. v. Geizer, March 6, 2026
- R. v. Skinner, February 9, 2026
- R. v. Strong, December 16, 2025
- R. v. Howe, November 17, 2025
- R. v. Adzich, October 16, 2025
- R. v. Pinsky, July 2, 2025
- R. v. Borden, January 20, 2025
- R. v. Evong, December 12, 2024, flagged
- R. v. J.M.F., July 16, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Brushett, July 12, 2024
- R. v. Whynder, June 18, 2024
- R. v. Burns, December 14, 2023
- R. v. Glasgow, November 7, 2023
- R. v. Drake, January 30, 2023
- R. v. C.S.Y., March 15, 2022
- R. v. D.C.K., November 24, 2021, flagged
- R. v. K.J.P., November 15, 2021
- Violent
- Drugs
- Property
- Sexual
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- December 12, 2024R. v. Evong, 2024 NSSC 392
- Below the Crown's ask
12 years reduced to 9 years and 9 months for the guilty plea, less 2,792 days' remand credit - July 16, 2024R. v. J.M.F., 2024 NSSC 211
- Below the Crown's ask
48 months (four years) in custody - November 24, 2021R. v. D.C.K., 2021 NSSC 322
- Below the Crown's ask
Two years in prison (fraud), two years concurrent (unlawful use of a debit card), then three years probation
Other tracked cases
- June 26, 20264 years imprisonment less 1,167 days remand credit (293 days remaining), then 2 years probation
- April 1, 202615 years on each count concurrent, deemed served by remand and time served on overturned sentences
- March 6, 20262 years less a day conditional sentence, then 1 year probation
- February 9, 202610 years imprisonment less 948 days remand credit (7 years and 147 days remaining); DNA order, lifetime firearms prohibition
- December 16, 202554 months (four years and six months) in prison, all counts concurrent; 5-year driving prohibition and 10-year firearms prohibition
- November 17, 2025Life imprisonment, no parole for 10 years (from arrest)Life sentence
- October 16, 2025Conditional discharge on each count, with two consecutive 18-month probation terms (3 years) and 200 hours community service
- July 2, 2025Life imprisonment, no parole for 10 yearsLife sentence
- January 20, 20252 years jail, then 3 years probation; separate $2,308.40 fine on the Excise Act charge
- July 12, 2024Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 yearsLife sentence
- June 18, 2024Dangerous offender designation; 14 years 11 months total (5,447 days) less 3,987 days remand credit, 4 years going forward, then 10-year long-term supervision order
- December 14, 2023Conditional discharge with 18 months probation (incl. 50 hours community service); DNA order
- November 7, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole for 16 years (from arrest on October 1, 2019)Life sentence
- January 30, 202318 months custody on each charge, concurrent, consecutive to the sentence being served, then 2 years probation
- March 15, 20225 years custody less 539 days remand credit (1,286 days remaining); s. 109, DNA, SOIRA, s. 161 order 10 years
- November 15, 20212 years in a federal penitentiary, then 2 years probation
Offences sentenced
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