Homosexual conviction a precedent

Item

Title

Homosexual conviction a precedent

Creator

Canadian Press

Date

08-Nov-67

Subject

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Type

Article Title and Excerpt

Description

Court ruling was upheld stating every practising homosexual in Canada was liable to imprisonment for life by the Supreme Court of Canada in a 3 to 2 decision. It had been brought up because a man from Northwest Territories had been charged with four counts of gross indecency for homosexual acts for an indefinite amount of time. The Criminal Code definition of a dangerous sexual offender is outlined in this article.

Format

Digitized newspaper article

Publisher

Windsor Star

Rights Holder

Copyright retained by creator and/or publisher. Copyright legislation and principles of fair dealing apply.

Language

English

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