That being said, yes it is okay to have minimum sentences but we need to understand why they committed a crime before they punish them or else they can be falsely punished. “Those offenders sentenced to imprisonment are often those excluded from society, the poor and deprived, those with drug or alcohol addictions, or those suffering from mental illness”. (Pratt, February 2nd , 2016). A great example of this is the case of R v Jardine. There were many times when Mr. Jardine was given an unfair trial, which led his case to be unjust. This case entailed Mr. Jardine getting 3 counts of invitation to sexual touching and a forever scar of being known as a sexual offender Clark (March 15th, 2014). This was an unfair trial in many
