Canada strikes down minimum sentences for child pornography

Two Quebec men caught possessing material showing toddlers being tortured claimed that minimum sentences as a principle were unconstitutional. In a 5-4 decision, Canada’s Supreme Court agreed with them and found that even a one-year sentence should not be imposed. After the court ruled that a ban on euthanasia was unconstitutional in 2015, the Trumpet recognized it as “an illustration of the dangers of rejecting the Bible as an absolute for our moral standards and relying on our own reasoning.” The same can be applied to this ruling.