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Quebec’s top court just struck down a mandatory one-year minimum sentence for sharing child sexual abuse material, calling it cruel and unusual punishment for a man with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues — reducing his sentence to six months with strict probation. This follows Canada’s Supreme Court ruling last year that similar mandatory minimums for possession or access are unconstitutional, as they strip judges of discretion and lead to disproportionate, rights-violating sentences.

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