Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case
- The Supreme Court of Canada reinstated a six-year prison sentence for Paul Sheppard for sexually assaulting a student at Saint John's School of Alberta between 1993 and 1994.
- Sheppard was convicted in 2021 for sex offences against a Grade 7 student at Saint John's School of Alberta.
- The Alberta Court of Appeal had reduced his sentence to just under four years, deeming the original sentence unfit.
- Sheppard must turn himself in to authorities by Friday, as mandated by the Supreme Court's ruling.
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Supreme Court: Minimum sentence for the purchase of sexual services from minors will be reviewed
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to consider the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for the purchase of sexual services from a person under the age of 18.

Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18.

Six-year sentence restored for former Alberta school headmaster guilty of sex assault
OTTAWA — Canada's highest court has restored a six-year prison sentence for a former headmaster of a defunct boys' school in Alberta who sexually assaulted a student.
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