Nunavut judge reduces sentence because of jail conditions during pandemic – Nunatsiaq News
Judge takes 60 days off man’s sentence for assault, drug-related charges
6 August 2020
A Nunavut judge has ruled that a man’s sentence should be reduced because of conditions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic at Baffin Correctional Centre.
In a written decision heard on June 15 and released publicly on Tuesday, Aug. 4, Justice Susan Charlesworth ruled that Robert Campbell’s sentence should be reduced by 60 days “because of the harsher conditions of his incarceration” during the pandemic.
Campbell was charged in 2019 with selling and possessing drugs in addition to four separate assault charges, including an assault with a weapon on his domestic partner.
Campbell was detained in January and pleaded guilty to all charges. His sentencing was adjourned to April 7, but it was cancelled because of the pandemic. He remained in custody.
