Late effect of homicide or assault

For serious personal injury offences (including manslaughter) where the applicant was sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more, Schedule 1 offences (prosecuted by indictment or summary conviction), other offences prosecuted by indictment, and applicable service offences under the National Defence Act, the criteria to be applied by the Parole Board of Canada are that granting a pardon would provide a measurable benefit to the applicant, would sustain his or her rehabilitation in society as a law-abiding citizen, and would not bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

Moving to what is termed violent crime, for the sake of clarity, for Statistics Canada, violent crimes include murder, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery, all of which are intrinsically worrisome.

Let it not be forgotten that what the Minister of Justice and his government wish to offer is very explicit protection, so that when the courts are faced with the situation where a person has been the victim of violence because of sexual orientation, whether homosexual or heterosexual, they shall, in determining the sentence for homicide, cruelty or assault, take into consideration any aggravating circumstances, based on legislative principles that are very, very clear.

(59) Examples of Schedule I offences are manslaughter, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, robbery, hijacking, and certain arson, firearm and sexual offences.