Comments on: Uttering threats http://lawiscool.com/2009/11/14/uttering-threats/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:09:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lawrence Gridin http://lawiscool.com/2009/11/14/uttering-threats/comment-page-1/#comment-7291 Lawrence Gridin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:16 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=2244#comment-7291 The article makes it sound as though uttering threats is an obscure charge. That's how I read it, anyway. In fact, uttering threats is one of the more commonly charged offences in the <i>Criminal Code.</i> As you've stated, if you threaten to injure or kill a person, the offence is punishable by up to 5 years. That is when the Crown proceeds by indictment. Much more commonly, the Crown will proceed by way of summary conviction, in which case the offence is punishable by up to 18 months in jail. However, the chances of getting anything close to the maximum penalty are extremely slim. In fact, jail time would be very uncommon for a first offence. That being said, it's still not a good idea to utter threats. :P The article makes it sound as though uttering threats is an obscure charge. That’s how I read it, anyway. In fact, uttering threats is one of the more commonly charged offences in the Criminal Code.

As you’ve stated, if you threaten to injure or kill a person, the offence is punishable by up to 5 years. That is when the Crown proceeds by indictment. Much more commonly, the Crown will proceed by way of summary conviction, in which case the offence is punishable by up to 18 months in jail.

However, the chances of getting anything close to the maximum penalty are extremely slim. In fact, jail time would be very uncommon for a first offence. That being said, it’s still not a good idea to utter threats. :P

]]> By: Omar Ha-Redeye http://lawiscool.com/2009/11/14/uttering-threats/comment-page-1/#comment-7271 Omar Ha-Redeye Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:57:05 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=2244#comment-7271 The disclaimer in the post should be unnecessary - it goes without saying for this entire site, and we have a similar disclaimer posted prominently on every visible page. The disclaimer in the post should be unnecessary – it goes without saying for this entire site, and we have a similar disclaimer posted prominently on every visible page.

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