Legal research tool Rangefindr has recently released a free sentencing guide for transgender offenders.
The guide summarizes material on the sentencing of transgender and gender nonconforming offenders in the following topic areas:
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- Effect on moral blameworthiness and mitigation
- Conditions of imprisonment
- Placement in men’s or women’s prisons
The guide is especially timely given sentencing courts recognition of transgender identity as an important factor in imposing a proportionate sentence.
It is licensed under CC BY 4.0, meaning that it can be copied and distributed freely, in whole or in part, if the attribution to rangefindr.ca and the author is intact.
The guide also coincides with the activation of a new tag in Rangefindr: “Accused: Transgender/Gender non-conforming.” This tag allows users to easily find sentencing judgments in which the offender was transgender.
Members of the Law Society of Manitoba have access to Rangefindr’s criminal sentencing resources through the Member’s Portal.
Rangefindr.ca has other helpful publications available here.
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