The short answer is yes it typically does. If a Judge for example has a range of sentence that is 2 to 3 years for a date rape situation and that’s a typical range for a date rape situation in the province, the Judge might be predisposed to go closer to that 2 year range if you show all of that remorse and take that counselling. Similarly on a domestic assault matter, let’s take a case where there’s minimal injuries or no injuries if you take upfront counselling and show that remorse it might assist even in avoiding a criminal record.
So the short answer to this is yes. Upfront counselling if you are wanting to resolve your case can assist. More importantly we say to clients look don’t just go into counselling for a result. You need the counselling. You need this anger management. We encourage it and by the way it’s going to help you get the lightest sentence possible.
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